Prenatal Sex Role Stereotypes: Gendered Expectations and Perceptions of (Expectant) Parents

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10.1007/s10508-023-02584-9
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1573-2800
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  • PubMed Identifier: 36944763
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ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
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  • Sex roles
  • Gender roles
  • Parents
  • Sex typing
  • Socialization
  • Birth
  • Sex differences
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1095 - 1104
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
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Titel
Prenatal Sex Role Stereotypes: Gendered Expectations and Perceptions of (Expectant) Parents
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Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>People assign attributes to a different degree to other persons depending on whether these are male or female (sex role stereotypes). Such stereotypes continue to exist even in countries with lower gender inequality. The present research tested the idea that parents develop sex role consistent expectations of their babies’ attributes based on fetal sex (by ultrasound diagnostic), as well as gendered perceptions of their recently newborn babies. A total of 304 dyads of predominantly White expecting parents from Germany were followed over the course of pregnancy until after the birth and completed a sex role inventory on their babies’ expected (before birth) as well as perceived traits (after birth). Specifically, they rated to what extent they expected their babies to have normatively feminine traits (e.g., soft-spoken and warm) and normatively masculine traits (e.g., independent and assertive) twice before birth (first half of pregnancy, six weeks before due date) and to what extent they perceived their baby to have these traits eight weeks after birth. The results suggested that fathers held gendered expectations and perceptions, whereas mothers did not. These results suggest that male and female babies are likely to encounter sex role stereotypes about their alleged attributes as soon as their birth.</jats:p>
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DOI
10.1007/s10508-023-02584-9
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1573-2800
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0004-0002
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3
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Archives of Sexual Behavior
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en
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2023
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1095 - 1104
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
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Published
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02584-9
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Prenatal Sex Role Stereotypes: Gendered Expectations and Perceptions of (Expectant) Parents
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
52

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Abstract
People assign attributes to a different degree to other persons depending on whether these are male or female (sex role stereotypes). Such stereotypes continue to exist even in countries with lower gender inequality. The present research tested the idea that parents develop sex role consistent expectations of their babies' attributes based on fetal sex (by ultrasound diagnostic), as well as gendered perceptions of their recently newborn babies. A total of 304 dyads of predominantly White expecting parents from Germany were followed over the course of pregnancy until after the birth and completed a sex role inventory on their babies' expected (before birth) as well as perceived traits (after birth). Specifically, they rated to what extent they expected their babies to have normatively feminine traits (e.g., soft-spoken and warm) and normatively masculine traits (e.g., independent and assertive) twice before birth (first half of pregnancy, six weeks before due date) and to what extent they perceived their baby to have these traits eight weeks after birth. The results suggested that fathers held gendered expectations and perceptions, whereas mothers did not. These results suggest that male and female babies are likely to encounter sex role stereotypes about their alleged attributes as soon as their birth.
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  • Social and Legal Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Binger Str. 14-16, 55122, Mainz, Germany. roland.imhoff@uni-mainz.de.
Autoren
DOI
10.1007/s10508-023-02584-9
eISSN
1573-2800
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  • PubMed Identifier: 36944763
  • PubMed Central ID: PMC10102084
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  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: BA 1603/5-1
  • Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz:
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Archives of sexual behavior
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  • Humans
  • Gender Identity
  • Motivation
  • Parents
  • Mothers
  • Pregnancy
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Female
  • Male
  • Gender Role
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2023
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2023
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CC BY
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Prenatal Sex Role Stereotypes: Gendered Expectations and Perceptions of (Expectant) Parents.
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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
52

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Abstract
People assign attributes to a different degree to other persons depending on whether these are male or female (sex role stereotypes). Such stereotypes continue to exist even in countries with lower gender inequality. The present research tested the idea that parents develop sex role consistent expectations of their babies' attributes based on fetal sex (by ultrasound diagnostic), as well as gendered perceptions of their recently newborn babies. A total of 304 dyads of predominantly White expecting parents from Germany were followed over the course of pregnancy until after the birth and completed a sex role inventory on their babies' expected (before birth) as well as perceived traits (after birth). Specifically, they rated to what extent they expected their babies to have normatively feminine traits (e.g., soft-spoken and warm) and normatively masculine traits (e.g., independent and assertive) twice before birth (first half of pregnancy, six weeks before due date) and to what extent they perceived their baby to have these traits eight weeks after birth. The results suggested that fathers held gendered expectations and perceptions, whereas mothers did not. These results suggest that male and female babies are likely to encounter sex role stereotypes about their alleged attributes as soon as their birth.
Date of acceptance
2023
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Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36944763
DOI
10.1007/s10508-023-02584-9
eISSN
1573-2800
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Arch Sex Behav
Schlüsselwörter
  • Birth
  • Gender roles
  • Parents
  • Sex differences
  • Sex roles
  • Sex typing
  • Socialization
  • Pregnancy
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Role
  • Motivation
  • Gender Identity
  • Mothers
  • Parents
Sprache
eng
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United States
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1095 - 1104
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10.1007/s10508-023-02584-9
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
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Published
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2023
Titel
Prenatal Sex Role Stereotypes: Gendered Expectations and Perceptions of (Expectant) Parents.
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  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
52

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10.1007/s10508-023-02584-9
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  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)|491381577|Open-Access-Publikationskosten 2022–2024 Universität Mainz - Universitätsmedizin
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Archives of sexual behavior
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  • 150 Psychology
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eng
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1095 - 1104
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2023
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2023
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Prenatal sex role stereotypes : gendered expectations and perceptions of (expectant) parents
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
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