title: Male Scientists' Competing Devotions to Work and Family: Changing Norms in a Male-Dominated Profession.
abstract: Using in-depth interviews with 74 men across different ranks in biology and physics at prestigious US universities, we ask to what extent changing norms of fatherhood and a flexible workplace affect men working in a highly male-dominated profession and what variation exists in family forms. We conceptualize four typologies of men: those forgoing children, egalitarian partners, neo-traditional dual-earners, and traditional breadwinners. Findings suggest male scientists hold strong work devotions yet a growing number seek egalitarian relationships, which they frame as reducing their devotion to work. The majority of men find the all-consuming nature of academic science conflicts with changing fatherhood norms.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania State University.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Damaske
authors.affiliation: Rice University.
authors.forename: Elaine Howard
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Ecklund
authors.affiliation: Southern Methodist University.
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lincoln
authors.affiliation: Rice University.
authors.forename: Virginia Johnston
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: White
keywords: Family; Gender; Science; Work