In recent decades, significant strides have been made towards gender equality, particularly in women's and mothers' participation in the workforce. However, in other areas, patriarchal structures remain surprisingly resilient, especially regarding who takes care of household and children. There are also differences in international comparisons: Scandinavia has developed early and extensively, Southern Europe has done so late and cautiously; in Eastern Europe, women are well integrated into the labor market but are otherwise in a relatively poor position. Detlev Lück compiles data and facts on the changing gender roles in various life areas for 40 countries over a period of 14 years in this book. This substantial empirical basis also allows him to shed new theoretical light on the ambivalent development of gender roles: While rational-choice approaches...