Family and Work Lives of Lesbians in China: Implications for the Adult Worker Model.

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2022
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This article examines the ways in which lesbians explore opportunities and navigate constraints in their family and work lives in urban China. It not only reveals Chinese lesbians' difficulties in gaining equal access to the labour market and developing their desired family lives, but also discusses possible ways of enhancing the applicability of the adult worker model for sexual minority women. Previous research has indicated a shift from the male breadwinner model to the adult worker model, suggesting that both men and women are expected to join the labour market, and that women should not carry all the care responsibilities within the family. However, the model largely overlooks the interplay of gender and sexuality factors in shaping work and family lives. This article adopts a qualitative mixed-methods approach, including interviews with 20 Chinese lesbians and social media analysis, to examine lesbians' experiences of taking part in the family as adults and in the wider economy as workers. It shows how gender norms, heteronormativity, and policy intersect in generating obstacles for Chinese lesbians to thrive as respectable adult workers. This has important implications for attempts to improve the adult worker model to fit better with people's diverse work/family needs.
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Authors Lo, Iris Po-Yee; Liu, Emma H; Yu, Sam Wai-Kam
Journal International journal of environmental research and public health
Year 2022
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10.3390/ijerph19116390
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gender parent sexuality assisted reproduction lesbian heteronormativity labour market adult worker model male breadwinner model work-family policy

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