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Peer-Reviewed Articles in Scientific JournalsConsistent egalitarianism or heterogeneous belief patterns? Gender ideologies in contemporary East and West Germany
Kleinschrot, Leonie (2024)
Zeitschrift für Soziologie (online first)
DOI: 10.1515/zfsoz-2024-2027
Studying gender ideologies is crucial for understanding the work and family related behaviors of women and men. This paper analyzes the gender ideologies of respondents living in East and West Germany, and whether these belief patterns differ by socio-demographic characteristics. To this end, latent class analysis is applied to eight gender role items from the FReDA 2021 survey. The results show the presence of a consistent and widespread egalitarian gender ideology in both regions, as well as a less prevalent traditional one in the West. Additionally, heterogeneous gender ideologies are to be found with egalitarian essentialism present in both regions, and intensive parenting only in the West. Respondents with a lower level of education and males have higher chances of holding non-egalitarian ideologies. The findings align with the literature on persisting East-West differences in gender ideology, and with research on the diversification of gender ideology.