Young women’s contradictory expectations and their perceived capabilities for future work-family reconciliation in Finland
| Autor: | Outi Alakärppä, Eija Sevón, Helen Norman, Anna Rönkä |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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young women
naiset Sociology and Political Science vanhemmuus yhteensovittaminen work-family reconciliation General Social Sciences ihanteet perhe-elämä työ tasa-arvo koulutustaso sukupuoliroolit työssäkäynti eriarvoisuus odotukset capabilities äitiys tulevaisuus työelämä Life-span and Life-course Studies expectations |
| Zdroj: | Helen Norman |
| ISSN: | 1469-9680 1367-6261 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13676261.2022.2098703 |
| Popis: | This paper explores young women’s expectations on future work-family reconciliation in Finland, a Nordic country well-known for the promotion of gender equality. Utilising Sen’s capabilities approach, we content-analysed thirty individual interviews to identify differences in women’s expectations and their perceived capabilities in future work and care. The results showed that irrespective of their labour market status and educational attainment, the women’s expectations were contradictory, reflecting a current Finnish gender culture that embraces both the ideal of shared parenthood and the primacy of maternal care. Between-group differences were also found. The employed women perceived themselves as having the capability to balance work, family and, personal time in the future. The women who were studying and had higher education- and career-related expectations perceived themselves as capable of combating gender inequality in their future working lives. In contrast, the unemployed women perceived their capabilities in both their future work and care as limited, thereby constraining their agency to realise their choices in work-family reconciliation and family decision-making. These findings indicate that Finnish women’s expectations on future work-family reconciliation are shaped by institutional, societal and individual socioeconomic factors. peerReviewed |
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