This book explores changing gender relations in Britain since the Second World War and the way these changes have been studied and explained within sociology. It discusses paid employment, domestic labour, parenting, education, the 'crisis' of masculinity, sexuality, and politics, mapping the way gender intersects with other dimensions of inequality such as class and ethnicity.

Exploring changes in gender divisions and gender identities in Britain since the Second World War, this book situates the issues in their economic and political context. It assesses theoretical developments in the sociological study of gender, provides an overview of empirical research on gender in modern Britain, and locates the British experience in its global position.