Tamar Saguy

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Citation: Kislev N, Saguy T (2025) Parents’ aversion to the possibility of having a gay or lesbian child predicts gendered parenting. PLoS One 20(12): e0338209. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338209 Editor: Michal Mahat-Shamir, Ariel University, ISRAEL Received: March 2, 2025; Accepted: November 7, 2025; Published: December 4, 2025 Copyright: © 2025 Kislev, Saguy.

PLOS ONE, Aug 2023 Decades of research in social identity have shown that people instinctively hold positive attitudes towards ingroup members and negative attitudes towards outgroup members. However, it remains unclear how people respond to individuals explicitly identified with both one’s ingroup and outgroup.

Abstract Recent conservative political rhetoric support women having careers but emphasize that this should not be an obstacle to having children. We propose that this sentiment reflects the hierarchy of gender norms in today's society whereby motherhood is the ultimate role that women are expected to fulfil and denying such role evokes social penalties, above and beyond other prescribed gender norms.