De Overdracht van de Seksuele Dubbele Standaard: Zo praten Vaders en Moeders over Gender tegen hun Dochters en Zonen

Introduction. The Sexual Double Standard (SDS) entails that women are evaluated more negatively than men for engaging in similar sexual behavior. Gender stereotypes are perpetuated through the language used by parents in conversation with their children. In this study, SDS-related gender messages parents pass on toward their children will be investigated. Methods. This research was conducted with 99 families consisting of a father, a mother and their fifteen-year-old child. Parent’s gender messages were measured through gender vignettes. During an interview, children read vignettes to their parents, regarding adolescents’ promiscuous behavior, which parents had to respond to. Positive and negative evaluations were coded. Associations between the parent’s sex, the child’s sex and the sex of the child in the vignette in relation to parent’s gender messages are being measured through three-way ANOVA’s. Results. A significant main effect was found for the sex of the child in the...Show moreIntroduction. The Sexual Double Standard (SDS) entails that women are evaluated more negatively than men for engaging in similar sexual behavior. Gender stereotypes are perpetuated through the language used by parents in conversation with their children. In this study, SDS-related gender messages parents pass on toward their children will be investigated. Methods. This research was conducted with 99 families consisting of a father, a mother and their fifteen-year-old child. Parent’s gender messages were measured through gender vignettes. During an interview, children read vignettes to their parents, regarding adolescents’ promiscuous behavior, which parents had to respond to. Positive and negative evaluations were coded. Associations between the parent’s sex, the child’s sex and the sex of the child in the vignette in relation to parent’s gender messages are being measured through three-way ANOVA’s. Results. A significant main effect was found for the sex of the child in the vignette on parent’s gender messages. Overall, more positive evaluations are given about boys than about girls. Fathers with a son give more positive evaluations about boys than fathers with a daughter. Fathers with a son give more positive evaluations about boys than about girls. Discussion. These findings suggest that parents pass on implicit gender stereotypes that are in line with the SDS by being less positive about girls than about boys. Especially fathers with a son pass on implicit gender stereotypes to their child that are in line with the SDS. These findings provide insights in the subtle gender messages through which parents pass on implicit gender stereotypes.Show less

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