Parents’ gender-stereotypical expectations.   test pdf file :      Gender-typed expectations may occur regarding personality traits (e.g., “boys are aggressive”), abilities (e.g., 3 “girls are good at reading”), activities, and roles (e.g., “men are scientists”). As gender equality has increased in many many cultures during the last several decades, there has been a corresponding increase in adults’ endorsement of gender-egalitarian attitudes. There is now more variation among parents with some holding 4,5 traditional expectations and some expressing egalitarian expectations for their daughters and sons. Also, some parents may support egalitarian views about some domains (e.g., occupations) but remain more traditional about other domains (e.g., family roles). Finally, parents (especially fathers) tend to be more rigid in 6 their expectations for sons than daughters.