Penalized for Challenging Traditional Gender Roles: Why Heterosexual Relationships in Which Women Wear the Pants May Be More Precarious.

There is growing evidence that heterosexual relationships in which traditional gender roles are reversed because women have attained higher societal status than their male partner are more precarious. We argue that this is the case because both partners in role-reversed relationships are evaluated m...

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Publicado en:Sex Roles Vol. 88; no. 3/4; pp. 130 - 155
Autores principales: Vink, Melissa, Derks, Belle, Ellemers, Naomi, van der Lippe, Tanja
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Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2023
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          Department of Social, Health, and Organizational Psychology, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
          Organizational Behavior Group, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
          Department of Sociology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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        Gender role
        Couples
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        Egalitarian gender roles
        Gender relations
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        Relationship satisfaction
        Sex role attitudes
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