As a cultural ideal, hegemonic masculinity positions men as breadwinners in the gender order—a position that systematically benefits men and disadvantages women. Because economic success is key to performing masculinity (Connell 2005), the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout offer an opportunity to evaluate shifting gender dynamics amidst rapid changes in employment and domestic demands for heterosexual couples with children. Closures of schools, daycare facilities, and workplaces around the world shifted more paid and unpaid work into the home, leading journalists and academics to question whether the pandemic would be a catalyst to “un-stall” the gender revolution. Specifically, they wondered if men would take on more domestic work, generating a more equal gender division of household labor (Smith and Johnson 2020). In this essay, we argue that traditional gender roles were reinforced for U.S. parents but were eroded for Australian parents—with disparate consequences for their well-being during the first few months of the pandemic.

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改变不平等？澳大利亚和美国发生COVID-19大流行期间父母的睡眠，焦虑和镇静

作为一种文化理想，霸权男子气概将男性定位为性别秩序中的养家糊口者，这一立场系统地有利于男性，不利于女性。由于经济上的成功是表现男性气质的关键（Connell，2005年），COVID-19大流行及其经济影响为评估就业和家庭对异性恋夫妇带着孩子的快速变化中的性别动态变化提供了机会。世界各地学校，日托设施和工作场所的停业将更多有偿和无偿工作转移到家里，导致记者和学者质疑这种大流行病是否会“阻碍”性别革命。具体来说，他们想知道男人是否会承担更多的家务劳动，从而使家务劳动的性别分工更加平等（Smith and Johnson 2020）。在这篇文章中