Traditional Gender Roles

Do They Make, and Then Break, our Relationships

Bibliographic Data

ID10225614
AuthorsWilliam Ickes (The University of Texas at Arlington, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume49
Issue3
Pages71-85
Publication date1993-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-4560.1993.tb01169.x
OpenAlexW2121128718
LanguageEN
Citations received43
References cited56

Despite societal pressure for change in traditional gender roles, the coevolution of genes and culture may still lead us to be attracted to potential mates whose appearance and behavior is stereotypically masculine or feminine. This attraction is ironic in light of a growing body of research evidence indicating that the relationships of men and women with traditional gender roles are far from optimal—and are generally worse than those of androgynous men and women. These seemingly paradoxical findings may reflect the conflict between what our genes and past culture dispose us to do and what our present culture prescribes

Attraction · Biology · Coevolution · Developmental psychology · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Ecology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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