For generations, the image of the "stay-at-home parent" in America has almost exclusively conjured visions of mothers ...

Stay-at-home dads and working moms are a much discussed demographic lately. Traditional gender roles are being challenged by powerful counterexamples, as American families create something new. The ...

In today's very gendered world, raising kids without normally defined gender roles has become a priority for many parents in ...

What is it about the tradwife movement and its strict traditional gender roles that has struck a chord with modern day ...

Gender Roles in Positions of Authority. While many Americans say it makes no difference to them whether they deal with a man or woman in a range of high-profile positions of authority, the survey ...

I wanted to know if fatherhood was going any better for him, now that he was suddenly a remote worker under stay-at-home orders with a 2-year-old. In a word: No.

In “Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. Culture,” Francine D. Blau reports on a research program with Lawrence M. Kahn that examines the roles of assimilation and source-country ...

We often hear: “boys will be boys,” “obey your husband,” etc. Many still find gender role expectations as useful. They argue that traditional gender roles assist in the division of labor ...

Despite shifting gender roles in society at large, it seems that a lot of men are still clinging to the notion that women need to submit to them no matter what.

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. The phenomenon of the gender gap — the fact that women as a whole are more supportive of ...