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Golda Kaplan

PhD Candidate in Sociology, New York University
Chapter Member: New York City SSN
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Kaplan's research focuses on gender, sexuality, health, and medicine throughout the life course. Overarching themes in Kaplan's research include how interpersonal trust shapes the work of health educators, how changes in the structure of daily life shape gender inequality and sexual behavior, and how life stage shapes the way people relate to and make meaning of medicine and their body.

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Contributions

Lessons from the Pandemic for U.S. Work and Family Policy

  • Golda Kaplan
  • Barbara J. Risman
  • Kathleen Gerson
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Publications

"A Case of Sticky Gender? Persistence and Change in the Division of Household Labor during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (with Kathleen Gerson, Barbara J. Risman, and Golda Kaplan). Social Sciences 13, no. 4 (2024): 182.

Investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted traditional childcare and work arrangements, impacted the division of household labor in heterosexual dual-earner couples. Finds that while the pandemic allowed some couples to adopt a more egalitarian approach to domestic labor, most couples continued to experience persistent gender inequality. Suggests that while structural changes can drive shifts in household labor division, they are effective only if supported by cultural beliefs that make gender equality desirable.