Gómez Jiménez Francisco R, Dhillon Ashley K, VanderLaan Doug P
Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University of London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK.
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada.
Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03121-6.
Same-sex attracted individuals report greater levels of sex-atypical childhood behaviors and adulthood occupational preferences when compared with their heterosexual counterparts. While these sexual orientation differences are well established, the extent to which gender-role presentation relates to such differences is unclear. The present study examined recalled childhood sex-(a)typical behaviors (CSAB) and adulthood occupational preferences in a diverse Thai sample (N = 1294) of cisgender heterosexual men (n = 270) and women (n = 280), gay men (n = 199), lesbian women (n = 56), and unique Thai sexual orientation/gender categories: sao praphet song (i.e., feminine-presenting same-sex attracted males; n = 166), toms (i.e., masculine-presenting same-sex attracted females; n = 174), and dees (i.e., feminine-presenting females sexually attracted to toms; n = 149). Gay men and sao praphet song reported more CSAB and sex-atypical adulthood occupational preferences than heterosexual men, and sao praphet song were more sex-atypical than gay men. Toms reported more CSAB and sex-atypical adulthood occupational preferences than heterosexual women, lesbian women, and dees, whereas lesbian women were more sex-atypical than heterosexual women and dees in childhood but not adulthood. CSAB was associated with sex-atypical adulthood occupational preferences among heterosexual men and all same-sex attracted groups, indicating continuity in gender-role expression development. Overall, this study replicates previous findings indicating greater sex-atypical behaviors and interests during childhood and adulthood among same-sex attracted individuals. It also expands upon prior literature by showing how gender-role presentation relates to these sexual orientation differences among males and females.
与异性恋者相比，有同性吸引倾向的个体报告出更高水平的不符合性别典型的童年行为和成年后的职业偏好。虽然这些性取向差异已得到充分证实，但性别角色表现与这些差异的关联程度尚不清楚。本研究调查了泰国一个多样化样本（N = 1294）中顺性别异性恋男性（n = 270）和女性（n = 280）、男同性恋者（n = 199）、女同性恋者（n = 56）以及独特的泰国性取向/性别类别：sao praphet song（即表现出女性特质的同性吸引男性；n = 166）、toms（即表现出男性特质的同性吸引女性；n = 174）和dees（即对toms有性吸引力的表现出女性特质的女性；n = 149）所回忆的童年性别（非）典型行为（CSAB）和成年后的职业偏好。男同性恋者和sao praphet song报告的CSAB和不符合性别典型的成年职业偏好比异性恋男性更多，且sao praphet song比男同性恋者更不符合性别典型。toms报告的CSAB和不符合性别典型的成年职业偏好比异性恋女性、女同性恋者和dees更多，而女同性恋者在童年而非成年期比异性恋女性和dees更不符合性别典型。CSAB与异性恋男性和所有有同性吸引倾向的群体中不符合性别典型的成年职业偏好相关，表明性别角色表达发展具有连续性。总体而言，本研究重复了先前的发现，即有同性吸引倾向的个体在童年和成年期表现出更多不符合性别典型的行为和兴趣。它还通过展示性别角色表现如何与男性和女性之间的这些性取向差异相关，对先前的文献进行了拓展。
