Mosaic of beliefs: Comparing gender ideology in China across generation, geography, and gender

Modernization accounts of cultural change hold that economic development drives liberalization social values, including gender beliefs. Some comparative scholarship suggests societal affluence is often accompanied by the growth gender-essentialist beliefs, and these beliefs coexist comfortably alongside gender-egalitarian values. The multidimensional conceptualization ideology required to assess competing claims has been applied so far mostly Western societies. China an obvious case for extending knowledge relationships, given its rapid recent history state-imposed discourses. Applying latent class analysis Chinese General Social Survey (2010–2017), this study links different tenets in temporally spatially specific histories gendered interests. results show relative importance modernization depends on generational, regional, identities being examined. Unlike West, moreover, egalitarian essentialist do not always coincide contemporary China. friction between reflects resilience male-primacy ideology.