APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Still a Preference for First Born Males

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Social

  • Carolyn Mebert
    University of New Hampshire

Abstract

College students were asked to imagine they planned to have 2 children and could use a non-invasive technique for determining their child's sex. 80% chose a male as firstborn and female as second born. Reasons given reflect clear sex-role stereotypes. These results vary little from those found since the 1950s.

Gender Issues/Sex Roles

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