The impact of family status on gender identity and on sex-typing of household tasks in Israel.
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.
Kulik
Liat
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School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. kulikl@mail.biu.ac.il
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006796:Household Work; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016487:Parenting