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The abstract to their paper states, “This study investigated the relationships among gender, gender role orientation (i.e., attitudes toward the gendered separation of roles at work and at home), and earnings. A multilevel model was conceptualized in which gender role orientation and earnings were within-individual variables that fluctuate over time (although predictors of between-individual differences in gender role orientation were also considered).”
Specifically, the researchers classified men and women as traditionalists when they believed men and women had distinct (traditional) roles in society, both at home and in the workplace, such as men should work outside of the home and women stay home.
People were classified as egalitarianists if they believed men and women should have equal roles at home and in the workplace, such as both women and men should be able to work outside the home.
They concluded about the data they analyzed, “Results indicated that whereas traditional gender role orientation was positively related to earnings, gender significantly predicted the slope of this relationship: Traditional gender role orientation was strongly positively associated with earnings for men; it was slightly negatively associated with earnings for women. Occupational segregation partly explained these gender differences."
And, "Overall, the results suggest that although gender role attitudes are becoming less traditional for men and for women, traditional gender role orientation continues to exacerbate the gender wage gap.”
The study does not try to explain the reasons why these wage disparities (gaps) occur, only that they still do occur in American society.
However, both authors do offer two possible possibilities for the wage disparities. They state that traditional men may negotiate their salaries better with their bosses than the other three groups of people (egalitarian men, egalitarian women, and traditional women).
They also state that U.S. employers may still discriminate against men and women with egalitarian viewpoints.
David Bass
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