Lesbian women and household labor division: A systematic review of scholarly research from 2000 to 2015

ABSTRACT

Recent studies have begun to attend to distribution of household labor within same-gender couples compared to heterosexual couples, yet much of the available research with lesbian couples has attempted to superimpose division of household labor frameworks developed with heterosexual couples (e.g., gender role socialization, exchange bargaining theories) to fit the experiences of same-gender couples. Using two academic search databases, the present article provides a systematic review of the available 28 peer-reviewed articles published from 2000–2015 about lesbian partnerships and household labor divisions. Results indicate that lesbian couples engage in a more equal distribution of household labor than heterosexual couples, and that lesbian women often opt to eschew traditional gendered divisions of chores in favor of other factors such as quality of task or ability. The systematic review uncovered notable constraints in the demography of participants (e.g., race, socioeconomic status, geographic location) across studies. Strategies for deepening the depth and breadth of this line of work for future researchers, and implications for relationship satisfaction are also discussed.     

Establishing a new scopic regime: the new landscape painting of Mao’s era

ABSTRACT

After 1949, with ‘serving the people’ established as the basic guideline of art, the reform of traditional landscape painting, which had been appropriated by the cultural elites for thousands of years, was put on the agenda as well. Beginning from the early of 1950s, there were continual debates on the reform of traditional Chinese painting within the art field, through which many artists gradually reached a consensus on the development direction of Chinese painting. At the same time, stimulated by the large-scale xiesheng movement sponsored by the government, Chinese landscape painting changed dramatically in subject, theme, and brushstroke technique, and developed a new style which has its own signifying system. Blending both Chinese and western drawing skills, the new landscape painting successfully created a unique scopic regime, which can establish an organic relationship between personal aesthetic experience and collective historical experience. As a prominent cultural achievement of Mao’s era, the new landscape painting embodies the cultural politics and the technologies of the self at that time.     

‘My Parents told us that they will always Treat my Brother Differently Because he is Autistic’ – Are Siblings of Autistic Children the Forgotten Ones?

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) does not only affect the child alone, but the family unit as well. This qualitative study explored the impacts of ASD on the relationship between parents and their neuro-typical children and how the neuro-typical children cope with the impacts of having an autistic sibling in the family. Utilising principles of the social relations theory, five Singaporean families (n = 10) consisting of five mothers and five neuro-typical children were interviewed. Both the mothers and the neuro-typical children were seen to be equal agents in influencing the interactions with each other, and contributed in maintaining the close relationship through various strategies. Findings revealed that having an autistic child in the family imposed certain constraints and additional responsibilities for the family members. Despite so, the neuro-typical children coped well with such constraints. The in-depth data highlight the value of considering both the agency of mothers and the neuro-typical children and how they bidirectionally influence each other while sharing the caregiving roles for the autistic child in the family. It is strongly recommended for practitioners to incorporate elements of child's agency when expanding their scope of psychosocial intervention work with the neuro-typical children.     

我国贸易结构和经济增长关系研究——基于VAR模型的实证研究

本文主要通过VAR模型探索了我国贸易结构和经济增长的关系。结果显示贸易结构独立于贸易水平本身,对经济增长有显著积极的效应。在长期,HO变量、产品内贸易指数IIT和出口产品集中度H是经济增长的长期原因,而总产出是SW指标长期原因。从短期看,出口产品集中度在10%的显著水平下是经济增长的Granger原因,而其他贸易指标在短期并不构成经济增长的Granger原因;经济增长并没有构成任何贸易指标的短期Granger原因,说明经济增长是从长期来影响贸易结构的变动。文章还结合我国贸易结构存在的问题,对优化我国贸易结构提出政策建议。     

后现代话语中的行政公共性

后现代公共行政以反叛和解构为其旨趣,直接地指向现代公共行政本身。行政公共性作为现代公共行政的本质属性,首当其冲地受到后现代的反叛和解构。但后现代行政公共性并非一种虚无的事实,而是与现代行政公共性完全不同的一种事实;它包含于碎片、差异、多元之间,在制度层面表现为公共治理。公共治理在其中展开的环境与语境,构成后现代行政公共性发生的场域,它是一种公开、实在、共同的场域,可以称之为＂阳光之幕＂。后现代公共行政是该场域中的游戏,它需要共同制定游戏规则,又需要政府提供服务,从而后现代行政公共性得以实现出来。     

论昆剧与苏剧的关系

常锡滩簧传播到苏州后,演变成"苏滩"。在昆剧的影响下,苏滩又分化成"前滩"与"后滩"两种艺术表现形态。在上个世纪四十年代,苏滩救助了频临死亡的昆剧,昆剧也帮助苏滩成长为一个成熟的剧种。五十年代之后,活动于苏州的两个剧种的关系依然非常密切,演员都是昆、苏剧目兼修兼演,表演技艺则相互影响。然而在近二十年间,受到政府与社会高度重视的昆剧却疏远了苏剧。     

对自然辩证法课程教育功能的再认识

我国理工科现行课程体制存在专业分化过细和缺乏人文精神培育的状况。自然辩证法学科本身具有交叉性、综合性的特点,发掘自然辩证法的多项教育功能,注重培养研究生的人文精神,有助于提高研究生的文化素质,最终达到培育研究生完善健全的人格的目标。     

区别于计划经济的新型劳动关系研究综述

1989年之后,新型劳动关系逐渐引起人们的关注,而相关的研究也随之方兴未艾。新型劳动关系的研究背景与意义、内涵与特征、建立条件与机制建设、基本评价与发展思路等问题得到了比较深入的探讨。这些研究的特点与不足需要被客观地加以检视。     

先进文化建设的哲学思考

先进文化的本质是体现社会生产力发展要求,代表社会大多数成员最根本利益,反映时代发展潮流的文化。人民性、民族性、开放性、科学性是先进文化的特点。无论是什么领域的文化建设,要保持先进性,都必须以人的本质的不断实现为目的。     

解读沈从文作品的人性内涵

建构人性小庙或展示美好的人性,是现代苗族作家沈从文为自己所设定的文学目标。而在沈从文作品中,美好的人性或人性美不仅具有独特的内涵,而且广泛在性爱与人性、道德与人性、社会与人性等多重层面上得到展开,具有多方面文化意义。