Volume 80, Issue 1, 1 March 2015, Pages 86-107
a
Department of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri, United States
b Department of Political Science, Southern Methodist University, United States
b Department of Political Science, Southern Methodist University, United States
Abstract
Numerous studies have documented the persistence of gender inequality in rural Russia,
including the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions. A
survey (N = 169) conducted in two rural Russian regions examined
residents' explanations of gender inequality and their support for
various remedies to ameliorate this situation. Both male and female
respondents downplay outright discrimination in accounting for
gender-based occupational inequalities. Instead, respondents are more
likely to agree with explanations that are embedded in cultural notions
of a traditional gender-based division of labor, in which the home
responsibilities for women and a "natural" advantage of masculinity
make it less likely that women become leaders. With respect to
strategies for encouraging women to be leaders, both men and women
support "more training" and "more husband help at home," with women
being slightly more positive on the latter item. © 2014, by the Rural
Sociological Society.
ISSN: 00360112Source Type: Journal
Original language: English
DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12053Document Type: Article
Publisher: Rural Sociological Society
