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Elite Careers and Family Commitment: It’s (Still) about Gender

Scott Coltrane

Center for Family Studies at the University of California, Riverside (UCR).

Men and women are increasingly likely to pursue careers in elite professions, but gendered expectations about homemaking and breadwinning continue to shape opportunities for professional advancement and individual decisions to marry, have children, regulate employment hours, or use "family-friendly" programs. This article describes how the Victorian ideology of separate spheres and other gendered beliefs and practices have spawned a modern-day "career advancement double standard" in which professional women who marry or have children are considered less serious about their careers, whereas professional men who marry or become fathers are considered more likely candidates for promotion. Trends in the general population toward more gender equality in labor force attachment and family labor sharing are compared to slower changes among elite professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and bankers.

Key Words: family • fathers • housework • parenting • gender • elite professions • dual-career couples • work-family

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 596, No. 1, 214-220 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0002716204268776
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