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Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries

Charles, Maria, Bradley, Karen·2009·American Journal of Sociology
DOI 10.1086/595942
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Data from 44 societies are used to explore sex segregation by field of study. Contrary to accounts linking socioeconomic modernization to a "degendering" of public-sphere institutions, sex typing of curricular fields is stronger in more economically developed contexts. The authors argue that two cultural forces combine in advanced industrial societies to create a new sort of sex segregation regime. The first is gender-essentialist ideology, which has proven to be extremely resilient even in the most liberal-egalitarian of contexts; the second is self-expressive value systems, which create opportunities and incentives for the expression of "gendered selves." Multivariate analyses suggest that structural features of postindustrial labor markets and modern educational systems support the cultivation, realization, and display of gender-specific curricular affinities.

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Authors
Charles, M., & Bradley, K.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
  • Western Washington University (US)
ORCID
Charles, Maria
Venue
American Journal of Sociology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2009-01
Volume
114
Issue
4
Pages
924-976
ISSN
  • 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5390
DOI
10.1086/595942
OpenAlex
W2090224605
Cited by
996
References
148
Citations by year
2026: 70 · 2025: 91 · 2024: 76 · 2023: 83 · 2022: 70 · 2021: 70 · 2020: 125 · 2019: 58 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 53 · 2015: 55 · 2014: 34 · 2013: 26 · 2012: 22
FWCI
53.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Journal of Sociology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Western CEDAR (Western Washington University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Sexuality, and Education
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Career Development and Diversity
Keywords
sex segregation, field of study, gender essentialism, self-expression, educational inequality, modernization, cross-national comparison
MeSH terms
Career Choice, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Curriculum, Economics, Educational Status, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Sex Factors, Stereotyping, Students, Multivariate Analysis, Developed Countries

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