1999 年 1999 巻 12 号 p. 26-37
One' s awareness of the sexual division of labor would usually be judged by his/her attitude toward the allotment of roles based on sex. However, the study conducted in this paper makes the following two points clear: while objecting to the idea of sex-based role allotment, women think that, because women have an instinctive affection for their family, women should assume the reproductive role, which is the second dimension of the sexual division of labor; men agree to this second dimension of labor division even when their wives are employed. Therefore, the awareness that women are innately affective seems to greatly determine the gender roles.