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Title: Sexual and Gender Diversity in Thailand: Associations with Recalled Childhood Sex-Typed Behavior and Adulthood Occupational Preferences
Authors: Gómez Jiménez, FR
Dhillon, AK
VanderLaan, DP
Keywords: childhood sex-atypical behavior;occupational preferences;sexual orientation;gender-role presentation;Thailand;Sao praphet song;toms;dees
Issue Date: 24-Apr-2025
Publisher: Springer Nature
Citation: Gómez Jiménez, F.R., Dhillon, A.K. and VanderLaan, D.P.. (2025) 'Sexual and Gender Diversity in Thailand: Associations with Recalled Childhood Sex-Typed Behavior and Adulthood Occupational Preferences', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 0 (ahead of print), pp. 1 - 19. doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03121-6.
Abstract: Same-sex attracted individuals report greater levels of sex-atypical childhood behaviors and adulthood occupational preferences when compared with their heterosexual counterparts. While these sexual orientation differences are well established, the extent to which gender-role presentation relates to such differences is unclear. The present study examined recalled childhood sex-(a)typical behaviors (CSAB) and adulthood occupational preferences in a diverse Thai sample (N = 1294) of cisgender heterosexual men (n = 270) and women (n = 280), gay men (n = 199), lesbian women (n = 56), and unique Thai sexual orientation/gender categories: sao praphet song (i.e., feminine-presenting same-sex attracted males; n = 166), toms (i.e., masculine-presenting same-sex attracted females; n = 174), and dees (i.e., feminine-presenting females sexually attracted to toms; n = 149). Gay men and sao praphet song reported more CSAB and sex-atypical adulthood occupational preferences than heterosexual men, and sao praphet song were more sex-atypical than gay men. Toms reported more CSAB and sex-atypical adulthood occupational preferences than heterosexual women, lesbian women, and dees, whereas lesbian women were more sex-atypical than heterosexual women and dees in childhood but not adulthood. CSAB was associated with sex-atypical adulthood occupational preferences among heterosexual men and all same-sex attracted groups, indicating continuity in gender-role expression development. Overall, this study replicates previous findings indicating greater sex-atypical behaviors and interests during childhood and adulthood among same-sex attracted individuals. It also expands upon prior literature by showing how gender-role presentation relates to these sexual orientation differences among males and females.
Description: Data Availability: Data are available publicly at https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/4JUNKF.
Supplementary Information is available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-025-03121-6#Sec13 .
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/30923
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03121-6
ISSN: 0004-0002
Other Identifiers: ORCiD: Francisco R. Gómez Jiménez https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2929-7402
Appears in Collections:Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers

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