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Gender inequality in the private sphere in Taiwan.

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Title/Author:	Gender inequality in the private sphere in Taiwan./
Author:	Chiang, Chiu-Juan.
Description:	1 online resource (177 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 58-05, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International58-05A.
Subject:	Womens studies. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780591079357

Gender inequality in the private sphere in Taiwan.
Chiang, Chiu-Juan.

Gender inequality in the private sphere in Taiwan. - 1 online resource (177 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 58-05, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas A&M University, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references

This dissertation examines, by investigating the factors in the private sphere, the belief that Third World women will follow the footsteps of their Western counterparts in the struggle for gender equality. Taiwan is the target of this inquiry. Regarding the factors in the private sphere, division of household labor and women's fertility behavior are the focus of investigation. My findings show that Taiwanese women's status is still far behind what their Western counterparts have achieved. The major reasons are, first, the balanced division of household labor between Taiwanese couples is more difficult to achieve than their Western counterparts, and second, Taiwanese women are more likely to have more pregnancies and shorter birth intervals than women in the West. The intensive activities in the private sphere handicap Taiwanese women in advancing their positions in the workplace, where the socially valued production takes place. The more serious disadvantages in the private sphere for Taiwanese women was due to family structure, women's hypergamy, and son preference. The common practice of parents' co-residence with married, or adult, sons enlarges the gender gap in the husband's and the wife's share of housework: since the husband has an additional unpaid family worker, i.e. his mother, he does not participate in housework as often. Women's hypergamy also makes them have less resources than their husbands to resist taking more share of the housework. Son preference compels women to keep having children until a son is born; and in many cases, the birth intervals are shorter. The pressure from the live-in parents or parents-in-law also has a similar effect on women's fertility behavior. My findings indicate that Third World women might not follow the footsteps of their Western counterparts in the struggle for gender equality given that cultural factors, such as family structure, assortative mating, and son preference might have influence on this aspect.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780591079357Subjects--Topical Terms:

1372829
Womens studies.
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