Career aspiration and gender role development in young girls

1981 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anke A. Ehrhardt ◽  
Susan E. Ince ◽  
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Career Aspiration ◽  
Role Development ◽  
Young Girls ◽  
Gender Role Development ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals On the Origin of Beliefs about the Sexual Orientation and Gender-role Development of Children Raised by Gay-male and Heterosexual Parents: An Italian Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 636-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Carnaghi ◽  
Joel Anderson ◽  
Mauro Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Gender Stereotyping ◽  
Gay Male Couples ◽  
Role Development ◽  
Male Couples ◽  
Italian Study ◽  
Gay Male ◽  
Gender Role Development ◽  
And Gender

In three studies, heterosexual participants were presented with descriptions of heterosexual and gay-male parents. Importantly, the level of gender-role conformity of the gay-male parents was experimentally manipulated, resulting in their level of gender-role conformity ranging from high to low. Compared to the son of a heterosexual couple, the son of all gay-male couples had a lower expected likelihood of developing as heterosexual. This result was independent of the level of gender-role conformity of the gay-male couples (study 1–3). The beliefs about the gender-role development of the son, in terms of anticipated masculinity (study 1), gender stereotyping (study 2), and affective adjustment (study 3), mapped onto the level of gender-role conformity of the parents, regardless of their sexual orientation. Also, heterosexual parents were consistently judged more positively than gay-male parents, independently of their level of gender-role conformity (study 1–3). Results were discussed within the theoretical framework of stereotypes about gay-male parenting.

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