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María Ángeles Goicoechea-Gaona María Victoria Goicoechea-Gaona Ainoa Íñigo-Clavo María José Clavo-Sebastián

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Introduction: This study seeks to investigate the impact of socialization in homosexual women. Objective: Understanding the repercussions of stereotypes and gender roles division among lesbian couples. Methodology: Qualitative methodology, through in-depth interviews of 20 women in Spain and New York. Each testimony has been examined by the content analysis technic. Results and discussion: Organized around four topics; Education and occupation, gender stereotypes, sexuality and gender roles. These topics show that more equality in the chorus distribution is possible.  Conclusions: Gender socialization continues to perpetuate stereotypes and roles among romantic relationships between women, but it is possible a new conceptualization of gender relationships that implies equity in different aspects: personal, organizational and symbolic. The majority of the interviewed decided their relationships considering these points.

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Goicoechea-Gaona, M. Ángeles, Goicoechea-Gaona, M. V., Íñigo-Clavo, A., & Clavo-Sebastián, M. J. (2022). Gender socialization in homosexual women migrants. CULTURA EDUCACIÓN Y SOCIEDAD, 14(1), 51–74. https://doi.org/10.17981/cultedusoc.14.1.2023.03
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