The impact of family status on gender identity and on sex-typing of household tasks in israel

Liat Kulik

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Abstract

The author examined differences in sex-typing of household tasks (adult gender roles and children’s chores) and differences in gender identity among adult Israelis. The author compared 2 groups of participants: single people without children (single-family participants; n = 62) and married people with children (full-family participants; n = 62). Regarding sex-typing of household tasks and direct assessments of masculine and feminine identity, there were no differences between single-family participants and full-family participants. However, family status affected self-assessments of gender identity that were based on cultural definitions of masculine and feminine attributes. Furthermore, correlations between direct assessments of gender identity and sex-typing of household tasks differed according to family status.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)299-316
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Social Psychology
Volume145
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2005

Keywords

  • Family status
  • Gender identity
  • Sex-typing of adult gender roles
  • Sex-typing of children’s chores

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