Appointed to the Mount Holyoke College faculty in 1981, social psychologist Francine Deutsch's research focuses on issues of justice. From gender equality and the division of domestic labor in the contemporary American family to double standards in the aging of men and women to the impact of globalization on the everyday lives of American workers, Deutsch analyzes and researches how people react to inequality, how people make sense of it, and how they strive to construct better lives. Some blue-collar couples are taking very nontraditional family roles, for example.
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Biology and breastfeeding are not barriers to equal parenting. It's never too late for couples to create new definitions of motherhood, fatherhood and equality-friendly career for both parents. Equal sharing can start at any point in the family's life. Journals publishing her works include Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Sex Roles, and the Psychology of Women Quarterly . Deutsch earned a B.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University in psychology in 1970 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in social psychology in 1976.