English Summary/英文概要： An urgent call for real-world solutions to gender inequality: The latest volume in the acclaimed Real Utopias Project

In the labor market and workplace, anti-discrimination rules, affirmative action policies, and pay equity procedures exercise a direct effect on gender relations. But what can be done to influence the ways that men and women allocate tasks and responsibilities at home?

In Gender Equality, Volume VI in the Real Utopias series, social scientists Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers propose a set of policies—paid family leave provisions, working time regulations, and early childhood education and care—designed to foster more egalitarian family divisions of labor by strengthening men’s ties at home and women’s attachment to paid work. Their policy proposal is followed by a series of commentaries—both critical and supportive—from a group of distinguished scholars, and a concluding essay in which Gornick and Meyers respond to a debate that is a timely and valuable contribution to egalitarian politics.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一个真实世界中性别不平等的紧急呼叫。就在最新一集的备受关注的《真正乌托邦项目》中。在劳动市场和办公场所，反歧视规定，有力的行动措施，工薪平等等对两性关系影响很大。但是对于两性在家务和责任的问题上该如何解决呢？在性别平等，真正乌托邦系列的第六集中，社会学家珍妮特·戈尼克和玛西娅·迈耶斯提出了一系列的方针-家庭带薪休假，工作时间规定，早期儿童教育和抚养等。这些条款紧密了男性与家庭的联系和女性与工作的联系，从而创造一个更和平的家庭分工。提议后还附了很多从数位有声望的学者那里得到的中立的评注，还有戈尼克和迈耶斯对于平等政策做出的及时的、有效地争论而得出的一篇总结性的短文。(ZSW)

Awards/获奖情况： “With keen insight and passion, Gornick and Meyers show why and how ‘dual-earner/dual-caregiver’ arrangements are essential for the well-being of post-industrial societies… A wonderful book that is must-reading for experts, policymakers, and caring citizens alike.”---Kathleen Gerson, New York University

“An extremely stimulating and provocative debate.”---Jane Lewis, London School of Economics

“While sharing a common goal of greater equality among men and women, the authors critically discuss whether gender symmetry should be a goal in itself, for whom, and at what costs in terms of social inequalities … This intense and honest dialogue makes for an exciting book.”---Chiara Saraceno, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)

“极具高度的洞察力和激情，戈尼克和迈耶斯向我们展示了‘双人工资/双人抚养’对一个后工业的小康的原因和怎样履行它的方法。。。对于专家，政策制定者，民生关注者是一本必读之物。”---纽约大学凯思林·格尔森
“一个极具开发性和创造性的辩论。”---伦敦经济学院简·刘易斯
“在分享两性之间更大平等的共同目标的同时，两位作者尖锐地辩论两性平等的意义以及两性不平等将带来的危害。。。这个激烈而真实的对话让本书变得更加有趣。”---基娅拉·萨雷切诺(WZB)

感谢Barbara Bergmann, Johanna Brenner, Harry Brighhouse, Scott Clotrane, Rosemary Crompton, Myra Marx Ferree, Nancy Folbre, Hedi Hartmann, Shireen Hassim, Lane Kenworthy, Vicky Lovell, Cameron Macdonald, Peter McDonald, Ruth Milkman, Kimberly Morgan, Ann Orloff, Michael Shalev, Erik Olin Wright 和 Kathrin Zippel对本书的协助。
珍妮特·戈尼克是纽约城市大学政治和社会学研究所的教授。马西娅 迈耶斯是华盛顿大学社会工作和政治关系的教授。他们还出版了《行的通的家庭：协调工作与家庭之间关系的方法（圣者罗素的观点）》。此项目的编辑埃里克·奥林·赖特是瓦利斯威斯康辛大学社会学著名的教授。