The second shift reflected in the second generation: : Do parents' gender roles at home predict children's aspirations?

• Autores: Alyssa Croft, Toni Schmader, Katharina Block, Andrew Scott Baron
• Localización: Psychological Science, ISSN-e 1467-9280, Vol. 25, Nº. 7, 2014, págs. 1418-1428
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Gender inequality at home continues to constrain gender equality at work. How do the gender disparities in domestic labor that children observe between their parents predict those children�s visions for their future roles? The present research examined how parents� behaviors and implicit associations concerning domestic roles, over and above their explicit beliefs, predict their children�s future aspirations. Data from 326 children aged 7 to 13 years revealed that mothers� explicit beliefs about domestic gender roles predicted the beliefs held by their children. In addition, when fathers enacted or espoused a more egalitarian distribution of household labor, their daughters in particular expressed a greater interest in working outside the home and having a less stereotypical occupation. Fathers� implicit gender-role associations also uniquely predicted daughters� (but not sons�) occupational preferences. These findings suggest that a more balanced division of household labor between parents might promote greater workforce equality in future generations.