What Gender Values Do Muslims Resist? How Religiosity and Acculturation Over Time Shape Muslims’ Public-Sphere Equality, Family Role Divisions, and Sexual Liberalization Values Differently

Abstract Populist voices argue that Muslim migrants’ religion would cause them to denounce all aspects of women’s equality and sexual liberalization, no matter how long migrants have lived in Western Europe. Previous quantitative studies refuted claims Islamic religiosity necessarily begets gender traditionalism not become more progressive over time. However, existing yet addressed the assumption uniformity “gender egalitarianism.” The present study argues individuals’ acculturation time shape support for public-sphere equality, family role divisions, liberalization different ways. EURISLAM data on 4,000 show values are indeed driven by varying mechanisms develop differently. Over generations, swell, but their roles dwindles. Religiosity hardly reduces strongly curbs roles, most stifles liberalization. These differences magnify years after migration; religiosity’s already weak inconsistent obstruction further dulls, while its stronger opposition intensifies. Altogether, differ such an extent any conclusion “the traditionalism” should be viewed suspiciously.