This article proposes an abstract sociological model of stable patriarchal social relations and feminist social change. I describe a patriarchal equilibrium of gender inequality and propose an approach for thinking about how various kinds of interventions can short-circuit the system, pushing it onto a new equilibrium path. In particular, I focus on possible interventions into parental leave policy, describing their social structural and cultural ramifications as well as a range of objections to them. However, more important than the specific interventions proposed is the general model itself, which depicts reinforcing structures of patriarchal culture, gender inequality in labor markets, and gender inequality in the home—and moreover, how this model can evolve. It describes a feedback loop that can lock structures of gender inequality in place but also provides a means for considering the spaces available to both blunt the social reproduction of gender inequality and reinforce “genderless” social relations.

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性别革命的高尚成果：社会再生产和社会变革的模型

本文提出了稳定的父权社会关系和女性主义社会变革的抽象社会学模型。我描述了性别不平等的重男轻女平衡，并提出了一种思考各种干预措施如何使系统短路，将其推向新的平衡路径的方法。我特别着重于对育儿假政策的可能干预措施，描述了他们的社会结构和文化影响以及对他们的一系列反对意见。但是，比提出的具体干预措施更为重要的是通用模型本身，它描述了父权制文化的强化结构，劳动力市场中的性别不平等以及家庭中的性别不平等，此外，还描述了该模型如何演变。