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Peer reviewedScher, Dena – Sex Roles, 1984
Male and female college students described themselves and their ideal male and female with regard to sex-typed characteristics. Females described an androgynous model for themselves and their ideals. Males described an androgynous model for their self-portrayals but sex-typed portrayals for their ideals. (CMG)
Descriptors: Androgyny, College Students, Femininity, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRichmond, P. G. – Sex Roles, 1984
A study of sex-role identification partly confirmed two hypotheses: (1) the social relationships of late childhood have attributes which encourage the feminine stereotype rather than the masculine stereotype; and (2) children of both sexes who attest to masculine characteristics feel higher levels of discordance than those who attest to female…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Femininity
Peer reviewedHeilbrun, Alfred B., Jr. – Sex Roles, 1986
Presents findings of an investigation of androgynous behavior across situations and within situations, and differences in sensitivity to traditional sex role stereotypes. All types of men were equally sensitive to stereotypes. Feminine women displayed the strongest gender-schema effects, and androgynous women displayed the least effects. (KH)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Structures, Femininity
