Gendered attitudes and expectations towards women and men working in Icelandic preschools

• Main Authors: Axelsdóttir, Laufey, Pétursdóttir, Gyða Margrét
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2015
• Subjects: preschools; gender; gender roles; division of labour; hegemonic masculinity - emphasized femininity; leikskólar; kyngervi; kynhlutverk; verkaskipting; ríkjandi karlmennska; styðjandi kvenleiki; Kvenna; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/netla/article/view/1953

The World Economic Forum (2013) annually reports on the status of the global gender gap in 136 countries (p. 6). According to the 2013 report Iceland is the country with the narrowest gender gap in the world (p. 16). Even though the situation concerning equal status between men and women is good com...