Estilos de socialização parental, identidade de gênero e sexismo na infância

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of parental socialization of mothers in sexism’s expression in children 6 and 7 years old. The participants were 30 children and their mothers. Previously the collect, it was requested the mother’s authorization for the participation of his son or her daughter. The collect had two steps – The first step was executed with the children and the second with the mothers. The interviews contained objective and subjective questions. Besides that, was also applied the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire and the Ambivalent Sexism Inventoy in the mothers. The results indicate that mothers with most flagrant sexism tend to produce a more sexist parent socialization. Contrary to our hypothesis, there was no correlation between parenting styles and gender identity of the children. However, we found out that more authoritarian and permissive mothers socialize their children towards the hostile flagrant. These results are discussed in the light of theories of parental socialization and ambivalent sexism.