This study aimed to investigate on the relations between the differences of interpretation concerning gender-related behaviors in social and family situations and the cognitions of the past experiences. Based on their types of interpretation, subjects have been divided into the following 2 groups: gender-related interpretation (GRI) and gender-unrelated interpretation (
GUI
).
For this study, following 2 hypotheses were set up:
(1) The GRI subjects will report more strongly when they heard traditional gender-related statements, and thus would try to obtain more information about gender roles than the
GUI
subjects would,
(2) The GRI subjects will have developed in family situations which have more flexible household sharing of duties than family situations where
GUI
subjects will have been brought up.
The sample consisted of 95 junior college students. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was administered to all. the subjects. It included measures of interpretation of particular gender-related behavior, reactions to traditional gender roles, activities they did after hearing statements of traditional gender roles, and household sharing of duties in their own family.
The results were as follows:
1. The variable of obtaining information about gender roles. Regardless of subject’s sex, the subjects who identified as GRI by the items which dealt with the roles of their own gender, felt more uncomfortable to hear the statements about traditional gendered behavior and tried to obtain more information about the gender roles than the GRI subjects. On the contrary, the subjects who identified as GRI by the items which dealt with the roles of different gender, they never felt uncomfortable and never tried to obtain informations.
2. The variable on household sharing of duties. Similar to result 1, regardless of subject’s sex, the subjects who identified as GRI by the items which dealt with the roles of their own gender, experienced more flexible household family situations than the
GUI
subjects. On the contrary, the subjects who identified as GRI by the items which dealt with the roles of different gender, they never experienced it.
The hypothesis were supported not in all aspects as written above. The results implicates that the needs to consider about the alternative variables to understand this matter.
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