A stalled revolution? Gender role attitudes in Australia, 1986–2005 |
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Authors: | Marcel van Egmond Janeen Baxter Sandra Buchler Mark Western |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(2) School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia;(3) Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia;; |
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Abstract: | This paper examines trends over time in attitudes to gender equality in Australia. We use data from repeated cross-sectional
surveys in Australia to investigate trends in beliefs about men’s and women’s work and family roles between 1986 and 2005.
We find that men are consistently more conservative than women, that younger cohorts tend to be less conservative than older
cohorts, but those born between 1960 and 1980 are more egalitarian on some issues than those born after 1980. There is also
evidence that the overall trend toward more egalitarian gender attitudes is most marked in Australia up until the mid-1990s
with the trend flattening and in some cases, even reversing after this period. The paper concludes that there is currently
a period of relative stability in gender attitudes in Australia, but with some tendency toward more conservative views. |
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