Fathers who help out around the house may play a larger role in their daughter's future, according to a Psychological Science study.
The study found that girls whose parents shared an equal amount of the household chores were more likely to envision themselves growing up and being employed in gender-neutral jobs such as engineers, paleontologists and medical researchers. Girls who live in households where the father made more money and the mother did more housework, reported they aspire to have more feminine jobs in the future such as nursing, fashion designer, librarian and stay-at-home mom.
Boys, on the other hand, always envisioned themselves working traditional male careers in the future despite the way their parents divided household chores.
The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada surveyed the parents and children from different families at a local science center.
"This study is important because it suggests that achieving gender equality at home may be one way to inspire young women to set their sights on careers from which they have traditionally been excluded," Alyssa Croft, psychology researcher and study author, told The Telegraph.
Croft added that talking about gender equality is also important, but the actions of parents speak loudly when it comes to gender equality.
