The ‘mighty girl’ effect: does parenting daughters alter attitudes towards gender norms?

Borrell-Porta, Mireia; Costa‐Font, Joan; Philipp, Julia

doi:10.1093/oep/gpy063

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“…Gender disparities in outcomes favouring men within developing countries are generally larger than in the developed world (Jayachandran 2015). Similar disparities also often exist in attitudes towards gender equality (see, for instance, Asadullah and Wahhaj 2019;Borrell-Porta et al 2019). Such attitudes, including attitudes supporting domestic violence and child marriage, can have important effects on behaviours, as well as play a prominent role in explaining observed gender disparities in outcomes.…”

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Measuring Gender Attitudes Using List Experiments

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“…In other words, a man must consider not only the consequences of WE for himself, but also his mother, sisters and daughters (and likewise a woman's attitudes will be influenced by considering their father, brothers and sons). As such, we can anticipate that men and women's attitudes will often converge, and potentially be sensitive to individual variation in the gender composition of kin, of which there is some limited evidence (Borrell-porta et al, 2019;Brooks & Blake, 2019;Oswald & Powdthavee, 2010). Second, men's fitness requires effective cooperation with women both as sexual partners and in rearing offspring.…”

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He for she? Variation and exaggeration in men's support for women's empowerment in northern Tanzania

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Achieving gender equality fundamentally requires a transfer of power from men to women. Yet data on men's support for women's empowerment (WE) remains scant and limited by reliance on self-report methodologies. Here, we examine men's support for WE as sexual conflict trait, both via direct surveys (n=590) and indirectly by asking men's wives (n=317) to speculate on their husband's views. Data come from a semiurban community in Mwanza, Tanzania. Consistent with reduced resource competition and increased exposure to relatively egalitarian gender norms, higher socioeconomic status predicted greater support for WE. However, potential demographic indicators of sexual conflict (high fertility, polygyny, large spousal age gap) were largely unrelated to men's support for WE. Contrasting self and wife-reported measures suggests men frequently exaggerate their support for women in self-reported attitudes. Discrepancies were especially pronounced among men claiming the highest support for WE, but smallest among men who held a professional occupation and whose wife participated in wage labor, indicating these factors predict genuine support for WE. We discuss the implications of these results for our understanding of both individual variation and patriarchal gender norms, emphasizing the benefits of greater exchange between the evolutionary human sciences and global health research on these themes.

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“…On the other hand, the study published by Frome and Eccles (1998) suggests that mothers are more influential than fathers in terms of the extent to which girls develop gender-stereotypical views of their academic abilities. Another study, by Borrell-Porta, Costa-Font and Philipp (2018), suggests that fathers are less likely to hold traditional views about gender roles if they help to raise a girl. Future research should delve more into the role of fathers in adolescents' future planning, especially in the case of girls orientating towards stereotypically masculine fields.…”

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Gender and the STEM Fields in Education- and Career-Related Discussions between Finnish Parents and their Adolescent Children

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Occupational gender segregation in Finland is high and persistent in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Previous research has concluded that, rather than differences in aptitude, gendered educational and vocational choices originate from more complex system of attitudes, self-concepts, motivations and both direct and indirect social influences, all of which shape young people’s future goals. In the sphere of social influences on career choice, parents play a special role in adolescents’ education and career exploration. This study explores two interrelated areas: firstly, the ideas expressed by Finnish adolescent children’s parents about the role of gender in education and career choices, and secondly, parent-child discussions about such ideas, especially with regard to STEM career pathways. The research data (N=103) was collected by means of an online survey. Almost half of the parents reported having had discussions about STEM careers with their children. Problematically, many parents considered that they had too little information about these careers. Our results indicate that mothers are more aware of the societal and individual consequences of occupational gender segregation than fathers are. The results also suggest that parents should be provided with up-to-date information on STEM careers and on the consequences of occupational gender segregation in order to enhance parents’ readiness to support their children in their future exploration of education and careers. Greater collaboration between homes, career counseling, teachers and relevant organizations concerned with the economic world, working life and entrepreneurship would be beneficial in promoting awareness of these aspects during adolescents’ career development.

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The ‘mighty girl’ effect: does parenting daughters alter attitudes towards gender norms?

Cited by 27 publications

References 61 publications

Measuring Gender Attitudes Using List Experiments

Measuring Gender Attitudes Using List Experiments

He for she? Variation and exaggeration in men's support for women's empowerment in northern Tanzania

Gender and the STEM Fields in Education- and Career-Related Discussions between Finnish Parents and their Adolescent Children

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