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Nickola Overall, Professor, University of Auckland

Men and women who hold sexist views are less responsive as parents: new research

Do your attitudes about women and men influence how you parent your children?

Perhaps you think women are warmer and more supportive and so naturally better caregivers. Perhaps you see men as stronger, more independent, and better able to protect and provide for families.

But thinking women and men are different can do a lot of harm. Nowhere is this more obvious than in how some people view the roles of parents.

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