Imagining Families: Gender, Youth, and Diversity in Chile

Feminist scholarship highlights the key role the family plays in promoting or hindering gender equality. This article explores how young university students (N = 1,038) imagine their future regarding family arrangements in the Maule region (Chile). Quantitative and qualitative data suggest young peo...

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Published in:Affilia 2017-11, Vol.32 (4), p.491-503
Main Authors: Gómez-Urrutia, Verónica, Paulina Royo, Urrizola, Miguel Ángel Cruz, Cubillos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Equality
Families & family life
Family roles
Feminism
Gender differences
Gender equity
Gender identity
Gender inequality
Legislation
Mixed methods research
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Public policy
Social policy
Social work
Values
Youth
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Summary:Feminist scholarship highlights the key role the family plays in promoting or hindering gender equality. This article explores how young university students (N = 1,038) imagine their future regarding family arrangements in the Maule region (Chile). Quantitative and qualitative data suggest young people recognize and value diversity in family ideals, with significant gender differences. However, Chilean legislation and public social policy take the traditional family as the blueprint for state action, jeopardizing those projects that depart from the traditional one. Public policy and social work need to acknowledge the multiplicity of family ideals held by the younger generations to promote gender equality.
ISSN:0886-1099
1552-3020
DOI:10.1177/0886109917718232