Parents' aversion to the possibility of having a gay or lesbian child predicts gendered parenting.

ABSTRACT: Gendered parenting refers to parents' tendency to raise their sons and daughters in accordance with gender stereotypes. Previous research showed that parents' binary conceptions of gender are associated with gendered parenting. The goal of the current work was to test whether parents' aversion to the possibility that their child might develop a same-sex orientation - an aversion rooted in a binary view of gender - can explain gendered parenting. Negative emotions towards such a possibility were identified in previous work, however rarely studied quantitatively and have yet to be linked to gendered parenting. We conducted two studies among parents of preschool children across Israel (Study 1) and the US (Study 2). Parents were asked to choose a gift for their child, through which gendered p

SUBMITTER: Kislev N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12677495 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature