Subjects classified into one of five sex-role endorsement categories were tested for competitive trait anxiety. Results showed "masculine" males less anxious than other subjects, "feminine" males more anxious, and no significant differences among female groups. (CMG)

Sex-typed subjects express concerns about the gender appropriateness of a sport more often than androgynous and undifferentiated subjects. Moreover, they rate gender-based factors as more important to their decisions than do the latter two groups. (Author/BJV)

Develops a framework for understanding gender issues in the education of boys. Summarizes new masculinity research, examines educational research for evidence on the making of masculinities in schools, explores the logic of educational work with boys, examines public controversies about boys' education, and notes the prospects of changing gender…