Gender

Men’s and women’s aversion to female status-dominant relationships: Linking individual attitudes to macro-level contexts

Colloquium in December 2024 Sangsoo Lee (Ewha Womans University, Department of Sociology) This study explores individuals’ attitudes toward female status-dominant relationships using data from the seventh wave of the World Values Survey. Findings reveal that men, on average, show greater aversion to female status-dominant relationships than women. Both men and Read more…

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The gendered impact of parenthood on job-related training participation in Germany and the United Kingdom

Colloquium in October 2024 Misun Lim (Postdoctoral research fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and University of Siegen, Germany) Recent studies highlight the role of parenthood in perpetuating persistent gender inequality in the labour market. We examine whether the transition to parenthood influences job-related training participation. This study Read more…

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Beyond the ‘Manager-helper’ Dynamic: Rethinking How Couples Share Household Management Responsibilities

Colloquium in September 2024 Youngcho Lee(Pusan National University, Department of Sociology) Previous studies on the gendered division of household labor and responsibilities have characterized mothers as the household managers primarily responsible for mental labor and fathers as ‘helping out’ with physical tasks when asked or given directions. While such a Read more…

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Career, Children, or Neither? Fathers’ Housework and Mothers’ Work-Family Arrangements Following First Birth in the United States

Colloquium in May 2024 Ohjae Gowen (Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, US) In the recent discussion on the “gender revolution,” the challenges dual-earner parents face in balancing work and family have been identified as the primary cause of gender inequalities. It has also been argued that the revolution Read more…

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Is Intergenerational Time Transfer Unequal? Between-Siblings and Between-Families Inequality in Parental Childcare Help for Adult Children in South Korea

Colloquium in March 2024 Jung In (Postdoc, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Globally, it has been observed that grandparents often step in to address childcare needs arising from the prevalence of double-income families among younger adults. This form of parental assistance significantly affects the life events of their Read more…

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Explaining Gender Gap in Political Ideology: Differential Effect of Gender, Feminism and Sexism across Generations in South Korea

Colloquium in July 2023 Ho Youn Koh (Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Int’l Relations, Nazarbayev Univ., Kazakhstan) Since the #MeToo movement and gender-related events in 2018, feminism and generational conflicts have been utilized for political mobilization, making gender and generation an important topic to understand the current politics in Read more…

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Is the Gender Gap in Political Attitudes Changing? An Analysis of Authoritarian Attitudes Using Survey Data Collected from South Korea in 2021 and 2022

Colloquium in Sept. 2022 Chang, Han Il (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations at Kookmin Univ., South Korea) Using survey data collected in 2021 and 2022, this study analyzes gender differences in authoritarian attitudes between the young (born after 1980) and the middle-aged (born in the year between Read more…

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