ABSTRACT
Innovators viewed the political and the personal realms within a broader framework of gender inequalities and women's agency, while resisters maintained an individualized framework on behalf of traditional arrangements. Despite the dramatic changes brought forward by the innovators, traditional roles were reaffirmed by resisters and a gendered gulf in experiences continues. Looking ahead, one implication of the gender revolution is that over time, more men may become innovators and resistance may become less widespread and vigorous. Women for whom abortion is the dominant issue tend to frame it not as a matter of their own right to get an abortion but as a “war on women” in which abortion opponents are motivated primarily by fear and hatred of female autonomy. Although transformations happen slowly and unevenly and face resistance, the social and cultural changes that have already taken place in everyday life suggest that a more egalitarian future has the potential to emerge.
