Two hypotheses, that young subjects would express more positive attitudes toward women's right to self determination than older subjects and that more women than men would do so, were supported by the author's research reported in this article. (Author/HMV)

In both the U.S. and the United Kingdom women academics are concentrated in certain subject fields. The causes of the different behavior and interests of men and women academics are likely to be a function both of cultural definitions of male and female roles in the wider society, and institutional factors associated with educational systems both…

Article considers some of the problems male preschool teachers have run into while attempting to perform their jobs. (Author/RK)

Males and females were divided into "masculine,""feminine," and "androgynous" based on their scores on an androgyny scale. The three groups then answered a questionnaire on attitudes toward women. Results show that feminine men were the most conservative group. (SE)

Counselors who accept the gay liberation struggle for acceptance and equality, must first rid themselves of their own narrow or destructive attitudes toward homosexuals. It is only after acceptance of persons with different sexual preferences that the counselor can begin to think of himself as a helping person in this area. (Author/BY)

Females responded more quickly to an infant's crying when they thought the infant was a girl than when they thought it was a boy. Males responded equally slowly, whether they thought the infant was a boy or a girl. (Author/MJL)

This study investigated attitudes of black and white male students toward guidance and their preference for a counselor on the basis of race and sex. A random sample of 97 boys from two schools participated in the study. All boys in the sample were given the Attitudes Toward a Guidance Program questionnaire and all answered a Counselor Preference…

Male and female subjects in a "computer dating" study completed a sexual experience questionnaire as well as attitudinal and experiential questionnaires. The sexual experiences for both sexes were demonstrated to be cumulative and follow a fixed pattern but the sequence of sexual experiences differed for males and females. (Author)

Data from surveys of the National Opinion Research Center supported the hypothesis that Black males are more traditional in sex role outlook than White males. However, contrary to expectation, Black females were not found to be consistently more feminist in sex role outlook than White females. (Author/MJL)

The men's movement is discussed as the reaction to condemnation of men by radical feminists. Two major trends in the men's movement, a more visible (hairy men) element that courts public exposure and an academic men's movement, are explored as reactions to social change. (SLD)

The focus of this study was on the conditions which might affect ratings of task competence: (1) the sex of the person performing the task; (2) the sex-typed appropriateness of the task; and (3) subject attitudes towards traditional sex-roles. The subjects were 64 volunteer students (32 women and 32 men) who listened, in groups of eight, to one of…

This report examines inhibition in help-seeking for male subjects. Using a male and female experimenter, the study examined the following five variables: (1) sex of helper; (2) sex role appropriateness of task; (3) anticipated future audience interaction; (4) sex role ideology of subject; and (5) self esteem of subject. The report concluded that,…

In an attempt to view more clearly the literature on altruism as differentiated by sex, the paper suggests consideration of more basic characteristics of male and female behavior in terms of past learning and present expectations, rather than solely in terms of society's general set of normative beliefs about the behaviors which are appropriate…

Beliefs concerning homosexuals were sampled, compiled into a questionnaire, and administered to heterosexual subjects (N=795). Factor analysis yielded six independent sets of attitudes that describe the variance in heterosexual reactions to homosexuals. The relationship of sex differences and familiarity with homosexuals to variations in response…

It is reported that responses from university students to an ethical code for athletics showed sex differences in attitudes toward play. (GW)