This master's thesis discusses issues of dividing household chores beetween family members. The analyzes shows the division of household chores in the family by gender changed from 19th century onwards and also depended on the social classes. The thesis also discusses how adults in the educational process convey to children the meanings, including those concerning gender and gender roles, and the related division of household chores between the genders in the family. It is also shown how the division of household chores in the family is addressed in the primary school curriculum. The theoretical part of the thesis concludes with the results of foreign and domestic research on children and adolescents and their involvement in household chores. The empirical part of the master's thesis discusses the extent to which stereotypes, concerning the division of household chores by gender among the adults of the family, are present among female and male students at the age of 12–15 years in Slovenia. The thesis is interested in their views on the division of household chores between both genders in the family and reasons why men and women should perform gender-disaggregated household chores. The thesis is interested in which household chores, traditionally associated with women, are performed in the family by female and male students at the age of 12–15 years. The results of this research prove the presence of stereotypes among the students at the age of 12–15 years concerning the division of household chores by gender of adults in the family. Both female and male students in Slovenia perform household chores, which are traditionally associated with women, however, these chores are performed by female students to a greater extent than male students.
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