Does gender ideology matter? Examining the relationship between gender ideology and self- and partner-meanings

I investigate the relationship between gender ideology and the affective meanings (evaluation, potency, and activity) of married and cohabiting individuals' self-identities and partner-identities. Gender ideology is generally unrelated to self- and partner-meanings; this finding supports a "homogeneity hypothesis," which predicts that individuals' gender ideology will not significantly override the ongoing effects of socialization into gendered identities. The main exception to the homogeneity hypothesis is a relationship between gender ideology and individuals' view of their partners' activity as a mother or father Specifically, liberal women consider their spouses and partners more active as parents than do conservative women, and liberal men consider their spouses and partners less active as parents than do conservative men.