Abstract
Present study was an exploratory study and an attempt to investigate gender role attitudes and occupational aspirations
of Pakistani adolescents. Two hundred (100 males and 100 females) adolescents studying at undergraduate level
participated in the study by filling out the Occupational Aspirations Scale (Aziz & Kama l, 2009) and Sex Role Attitude
Scale (Anila & Ansari, 1992). Findings revealed significant difference in occupational aspirations of males and females as
men aspired more for traditional men occupations and women aspired more for traditional women occupations than
traditional men occupations. Moreover, girls were found to have more modern/egalitarian gender role attitudes than
boys but this change may only appear in their attitudes, not in their real aspirations. Mean scores and ranking of boys’
occupational aspirations showed their high aspirations for engineering, armed forces, and pilots whereas, girls aspired
more for occupations of medicine, lecturer ship, and psychologist.
