Barnett R C, Hyde J S
Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Mailstop 079, 515 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA.
Am Psychol. 2001 Oct;56(10):781-96. doi: 10.1037//0003-066x.56.10.781.
The lives of women and men, the relationships that they establish, and their work have changed dramatically in the past 50 years, but the dominant theories driving research in these areas have not. In this article, the authors argue that the facts underlying the assumptions of the classical theories of gender and multiple roles have changed so radically as to make the theories obsolete. Moreover, a large body of empirical data fails to support the predictions flowing from these theories. Yet the development of new theory for guiding research and clinical practice has not kept pace. The authors attempt to fill this theoretical gap by reviewing the research literature and articulating an expansionist theory of gender, work, and family that includes four empirically derived and empirically testable principles better matched to today's realities.
在过去50年里，男性和女性的生活、他们建立的人际关系以及他们的工作都发生了巨大变化，但推动这些领域研究的主流理论却没有。在本文中，作者认为，经典性别与多重角色理论假设所依据的事实已经发生了如此根本的变化，以至于这些理论已过时。此外，大量实证数据也无法支持这些理论所做出的预测。然而，用于指导研究和临床实践的新理论发展却未能跟上步伐。作者试图通过回顾研究文献并阐述一种性别、工作和家庭的扩张主义理论来填补这一理论空白，该理论包括四条基于实证得出且可经实证检验的原则，这些原则更符合当今的现实情况。
