Sex stereotypes of seven-eight year old girls and boys living in urban and rural areas

Abstract

  The present study aims to investigate into the roles of living in rural or urban areas, gender, and education level of mother in the development of sex stereotypes of seven-eight year old children about their sex traits and also into whether girls and boys are different from each other in terms of knowing about male and female stereotypes.
  The statistical data of ‘Sex Role Stereotype Measure II’ was processed by methods of Analysis of Variance. The data gathered from villages and cities, female and male’s differences and mother’s educational differences were analyzed and the statistics were discussed.
  The data indicated that children from cities were more sex-stereotypical than children from villages. It was determined that the male students from villages and cities were found to be more sex-stereotypical than female students. In addition to this, it was determined that sex role stereotypes of the children increased if there was more of a mother’s educational level or influence.