Family values

Boys who grow up with sisters more likely to end up repugican, and sexist

Friday, July 12, 2013, 12:14 pm

(From Carolina Naturally)

Boys who grow up with sisters are more likely to end up Republican, according to a paper published in the Journal of Politics (Word document), and reported on by PEW.The paper, by Andrew Healy and Neil Malhotr, also says that boys with sisters end up doing less “female-stereotyped” housework as children and adults.

And that the boys end up having more “conservative attitudes with respect to gender roles.”

 

For example, the study found that, “compared to men with all brothers, men with all sisters were 3.9 percentage points more likely to agree with the statement that ‘a woman’s place is in the home’.”