Boys raised in the same sex parent household with lesbian mothers, would display more feminine characteristics. According to Freud, the Oedipus complex explains that the son identifies with the father and because of the sons love for the mother, he sees the father as competition and therefore despises him. Then eventually the son realizes that he can 't have the mother, so he looks for someone similar and takes on the masculinity traits of the father. In the case with same sex female parents, the child doesn 't identify with a male figure who is similar to him, so according to Freud, the son becomes fixated on that stage, and will have future problems with relationships, and can possibly struggle with identification and gender roles. Previous
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The subjects came from several socioeconomic backgrounds and were children between the ages of 11-13, who were again tested at the age of 18. Twelve subjects (6 children from homosexual households) filled out a gender behavioral checklist. The subjects were given a list of feminine characteristics, in which they had to choose the ones that they felt related most to them. The boys also had to inform the experimenter about whether they have heterosexual parents or homosexual parents. The parents of the subjects were recruited through a method called convenience sampling. Convenience sampling is a non-probability method where participants are selected because they are easy to reach and convenient sources. Contact information and informed consent was collected from the parents after they agreed for their children to participate in the study.
Materials/Apparatus
In the current study, a gender behavioral checklist was distributed to the participants to complete. Some of the words on the checklist that are commonly used to describe femininity are emotional, sensitive, nurturing, soft and etc.. The checklist was used to examine how compatible the participants’ behaviors were to feminine characteristics. Altogether, data from the gender behavioral checklist were analyzed to receive a better interpretation of the participants’ gender identification (masculine and feminine).
The subjects came from several socioeconomic backgrounds and were children between the ages of 11-13, who were again tested at the age of 18. Twelve subjects (6 children from homosexual households) filled out a gender behavioral checklist. The subjects were given a list of feminine characteristics, in which they had to choose the ones that they felt related most to them. The boys also had to inform the experimenter about whether they have heterosexual parents or homosexual parents. The parents of the subjects were recruited through a method called convenience sampling. Convenience sampling is a non-probability method where participants are selected because they are easy to reach and convenient sources. Contact information and informed consent was collected from the parents after they agreed for their children to participate in the study.
Materials/Apparatus
In the current study, a gender behavioral checklist was distributed to the participants to complete. Some of the words on the checklist that are commonly used to describe femininity are emotional, sensitive, nurturing, soft and etc.. The checklist was used to examine how compatible the participants’ behaviors were to feminine characteristics. Altogether, data from the gender behavioral checklist were analyzed to receive a better interpretation of the participants’ gender identification (masculine and feminine).