An examination of the common belief that gender determines a closer emotional bond between adult daughters and elderly parents than adult sons results in five paradoxes. By employing sociological and psychological theories, this paper looks at discriminatory socialisation that sets sons and daughters apart in childhood and argues that the performance of daily routine chores, rather than gender, lies at the core of how intergenerational bonds are shaped.

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老年护理中性别的相关性：假设与现实

对性别决定成年女儿和年迈父母之间比成年儿子更紧密的情感纽带这一普遍看法进行检验，得出了五个悖论。通过运用社会学和心理学理论，本文着眼于在童年时期将儿子和女儿分开的歧视性社会化，并认为日常家务的表现，而不是性别，是代际纽带如何形成的核心。