Cultural Viability and Gender Egalitarianism

An Elusive Balance Yet To Be Struck

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3001007
AutoresWade C Mackey (University of Arkansas at Monticello), Ronald S Immerman (Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
Año2002
Volumen33
Número4
Páginas475-494
Fecha de publicación2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
EditorialUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.33.4.475
OpenAlexW2599809157
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas31

A sine qua non of a, or any, culture's continuity across generations is the existence of citizens within that culture. With a systematic replenishment of very mortal citizens, the culture can enjoy extended longevity or perpetuity. Without citizens, a culture becomes, at best, an historical footnote. With the advent of inexpensive, effective reproductive technology, a paradox has been created in the 21st century. To wit: when effective reproductive technology is incorporated by a culture which stresses gender egalitarianism, the culture's reproductive strategy tends to fall below replacement value. If the strategy is maintained over generations, then that culture melts away or evaporates and would be supplanted by or replaced by a culture with an alternative social formula. Cross-cultural/cross-national data are presented which supports the existence and potency of this dynamic.$$cultural evolution, gender roles, education, birth rates, natural increase

Biology · Economics · Egalitarianism · Environmental ethics · Perpetuity · Political science · Politics · Reproduction · Sine qua non · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Ecology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law