Geschlechtsrollen in der Familie: Perspektiven der Frauenforschung

In recent years, a growing body of literature on the subject of women's studies ("frauenforschung") has tackled the issue of sex roles in the family from a new perspective: rather than focusing on the behavioral and psychological aspects of 'doing gender' in day-to-day interaction, scholars are now exploring how sex roles are structurally embedded in society and therefore framed and (re)shaped by policies and insitutions. This paper traces the main developments from classic sociological sex roles theories to the study of gender as a structural category and identifies areas requiring further research.