The experience of sex (gender)-role conflicts in gender-typed occupations

For the present study data was collected from 630 women and men who worked in gender-typed occupations or who were undergoing vocational training for one of these professions. We examined whether the suitability of the genera l image of the profession and the social gender-role orientation (masculini ty and femininity) has any effects on the experience of gender-role conflic ts. The results support the fact that, in the Self-perception of the people examined, there is a correlation between the kind of occupation in which t hey work and gender-role orientation; women and men attribute more female q ualities to themselves when working in female-typed occupations and more ma le qualities when working-in male-typed occupations. However the degree of suitability does not affect the experience of gender-role conflicts. Women, however, show a more intensive gender-role conflict than men in all occupa tions.