Equality shouldn't vanish at home

Women in the workplace have come a long way in terms of opportunities, respect and equality in the last 50 years. Heck, up until 1974 a woman couldn’t get a credit card in her own name without a husband’s signature. But a new study recently released by sociology professors at the University of Illinois at Chicago found that Americans’ are far more likely to believe in gender equality at work than they are at home.

The study, based on national survey data from 1977 to 2016, is set to be published in the journal “Gender and Society” and analyzed responses from 27,000 people over the span of four...