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Estes, Sarah. and Dryfhout, Vicki. "Are Work-Family Policies Mechanisms of Gender Reinforcement? Employed Mothers Talk about Their Marriages" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA, Aug 16, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p107125_index.html>

Estes, S. and Dryfhout, V. , 2003-08-16 "Are Work-Family Policies Mechanisms of Gender Reinforcement? Employed Mothers Talk about Their Marriages" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p107125_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: One goal of work-family policies is to help families balance their work and family obligations. A good deal of research has linked policies and family-supportive work environments to employee well-being, and also to aspects of family well-being, including marital quality. Scholars caution, however, that these arrangements are likely to enforce gender inequality, even while they may improve aspects of family life. In this paper, we use mothers� comments about how work-family policies affect their marriages to identify avenues through which gender may be reinforced by these policies. Scholars portending reinforcement have keyed on how women�s disproportionate responsibility for family life and domestic labor inspires them to use work-family policies. We found that mothers did pursue work-family policies on this basis, in large part to reduce their feelings of inequity over the division of paid and domestic labor. Several other themes also emerged from our data, indicating that there are several avenues through which reinforcement occur; some reflect mother and/or husband preference, while others reflect constraints associated with class position. Finally, we find evidence to suggest that a focus on how gender is reinforced obscures the possibilities of gender liberation associated with certain constellations of work-family policy use.

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