This comparative study of COVID-19 lockdown aims to underline changes in gender role behaviors of South-Asian men (husbands) living in different gender regimes: Pakistan and Germany. As a nascent contribution to existing discourses of political science (gender regimes), international migration, and men and masculinity, the study compares self-reported changes in husbands' masculine and feminine role behaviors with perceptions of their wives during the lockdown period. A gender role behavior scale is adapted to design an online survey and collect data through convenient and snowball sampling techniques. By computing analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repeated measures, the study infers that the COVID-19 driven first lockdown has limited the mobility of men (husbands). Thus, they have reported a significant decline in their traditional masculine role behaviors (outside the home) in both countries. Nonetheless, a subsequent increase does not appear in their feminine role behaviors. Although temporary suspension of their breadwinning roles due to lockdown has allowed them to modify their gender role behaviors by sharing increased domestic and caregiving tasks in families, a significant change does not appear in their behaviors. Findings conclude that social upheaval (COVID-19) does not convince men (husbands) to interchange their masculine and feminine role behaviors in families. Thus, inferences support key prims of bio-socialists that gender role behaviors are inherited and may change through cultural advancements (through gender education and enabling legal frameworks) in relatively less gender-egalitarian societies and proper ‘gendered integration’ initiatives in relatively more gender-egalitarian societies.

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改变南亚男性在不同性别制度下的性别角色行为：巴基斯坦和德国 COVID-19 封锁的比较研究

这项关于 COVID-19 封锁的比较研究旨在强调生活在不同性别制度（巴基斯坦和德国）中的南亚男性（丈夫）的性别角色行为的变化。作为对政治学（性别制度）、国际移民以及男性和男子气概的现有话语的初步贡献，该研究将丈夫自我报告的男性和女性角色行为的变化与他们在封锁期间对妻子的看法进行了比较。性别角色行为量表适用于设计在线调查，并通过方便的滚雪球抽样技术收集数据。通过使用重复测量计算方差分析 (ANOVA)，该研究推断 COVID-19 驱动的第一次锁定限制了男性（丈夫）的流动性。因此，他们报告说，在这两个国家，他们传统的男性角色行为（在家庭之外）显着下降。尽管如此，随后的增加并没有出现在她们的女性角色行为中。尽管由于封锁而暂时中止了养家糊口的角色，这使他们能够通过在家庭中分担更多的家务和照顾任务来改变自己的性别角色行为，但他们的行为并未出现重大变化。调查结果得出结论，社会动荡 (COVID-19) 并不能说服男性（丈夫）在家庭中互换他们的男性和女性角色行为。因此，