Daughters’ Aspirations Influenced by Dads’ Chore-Doing Habits
- 10 years ago
Fathers who take on a chunk of the household duties may have a more positive influence on their daughters than those who don’t.
Fathers who take on a chunk of the household duties may have a more positive influence on their daughters than those who don’t.
A recent study showed that girls growing up in houses where dads participated in laundry, cleaning, and the like had a broader range of aspirations for themselves.
Traditional gender roles and occupations were less of a factor in how they viewed their professional futures.
Conversely, young females in households where dads talked a lot about equality but didn’t do much around the house anticipated following more traditionally female-dominated career paths.
Said Alyssa Croft, lead author of the study, “Despite our best efforts to create gender-egalitarian workplaces, women are still under-represented in leadership and management positions…so this study suggests by creating gender-egalitarian domestic roles, we might then inspire little girls to pursue some of those careers where they have traditionally been excluded.”
The research included over 300 children between the ages of 7 and 13. They were questioned about their goals for the future, and their home environments were evaluated.
Notably, the sons questioned in the process didn’t seem affected either way by who did what around their house.
Fathers who take on a chunk of the household duties may have a more positive influence on their daughters than those who don’t.
A recent study showed that girls growing up in houses where dads participated in laundry, cleaning, and the like had a broader range of aspirations for themselves.
Traditional gender roles and occupations were less of a factor in how they viewed their professional futures.
Conversely, young females in households where dads talked a lot about equality but didn’t do much around the house anticipated following more traditionally female-dominated career paths.
Said Alyssa Croft, lead author of the study, “Despite our best efforts to create gender-egalitarian workplaces, women are still under-represented in leadership and management positions…so this study suggests by creating gender-egalitarian domestic roles, we might then inspire little girls to pursue some of those careers where they have traditionally been excluded.”
The research included over 300 children between the ages of 7 and 13. They were questioned about their goals for the future, and their home environments were evaluated.
Notably, the sons questioned in the process didn’t seem affected either way by who did what around their house.