Relationships between Sex-Role Orientation and Attitudes toward Women as Managers

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 828-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Collins ◽  
L. K. Waters ◽  
Carrie Wherry Waters
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Attitudes Toward Women ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Managerial Roles ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between attitudes toward women performing in managerial roles and sex-role orientation was examined by correlating scores on subscales of the Women as Managers Scale with scores derived from the Bern Sex-role Inventory within homogeneous biological sex samples of 117 males and 222 females. Within each sex sample there were modest, but significant, relationships between sex-role orientation and attitudes toward women as managers; the direction of the relationships was significantly different for males and females. Those males and females who were more sex-stereotyped toward their own biological sex were less favorable about women performing in managerial roles.

Exploring the Relationship Between Sex-role Orientation and Social-sexual Effectiveness

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Nelson ◽  
Travis Martin ◽  
Deena Oaks ◽  
Rebecca Stuver ◽  
Rick Wright
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
The Relationship

SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION AND MARITAL ADJUSTMENT

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Davidson ◽  
Donna L. Sollie
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Symbolic Interaction ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theory Interpretation

The relationship between sex-role orientation and marital adjustment was investigated. Using a sample of 112 married couples, husbands and wives separately completed the Bem Sex-Role Inventory and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. The hypotheses tested were based on the assumption that an androgynous sex-role orientation, which incorporates both instrumental and expressive capacities, would be most positively related to self and spouse's marital adjustment, while an undifferentiated orientation would be least related. Results indicated that in general both androgynous and sex-typed individuals and their spouses were significantly higher in marital adjustment than were undifferentiated individuals and their spouses. In addition, spousal sex-role types were found to be related and couples in which both partners were classified as undifferentiated reported the lowest levels of marital adjustment while androgynous couples and sex-typed couples reported greater levels of marital adjustment. The results were discussed in relation to their support for a symbolic interaction/ role theory interpretation of the association between sex-role orientation and marital adjustment.

Sex-role Orientation and Psychological Well-being: A Critique of the Masculinity Model

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Forshaw ◽  
Diana Shmukler
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Relationship

As a model of the relationship between sex-role orientation and psychological well-being, the masculinity model has proved more successful than either the androgyny or the congruence models. In this article, it is, nevertheless, argued that the model has many shortcomings and limitations which need to be addressed by future research. The central criticisms of the model are that it fails to provide a theoretical understanding of its own success, cannot infer causality and represents an oversimplification of psychological life.

Biological sex, sex role orientation, masculine sex role stress, dissimulation and self-reported fears

1993 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem A Arrindell ◽  
Annemarie M Kolk ◽  
Mary J Pickersgill ◽  
Willem J.J.M Hageman
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Stress ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Biological Sex

Is Dissonance a Factor in the Relationship between Sex-Role Orientation and Attitudes towards Women's Roles

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 859-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie A. Moore ◽  
Faith D. Gilroy
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Women’S Roles ◽  
The Relationship

Research has consistently indicated a positive relationship between a feminine sex-role and anxiety, and there have been suggestions that liberal attitudes towards women are also predictive of anxiety. The present study asked if these two variables operated independently or in conjunction with each other. It was proposed that perhaps a lack of congruency between one's sex-role and one's attitude toward women was more closely related to anxiety than either characteristic taken singly. The results did not support an hypothesis of congruency. Whereas feminine women acknowledged more trait-anxiety than did masculine or androgynous women and liberal women reported more anxiety than traditional ones, these variables seemed to relate independently to anxiety rather than in conjunction with each other.

SEX ROLES AND SOCIAL-SEXUAL EFFECTIVENESS

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Quackenbush
Keyword(s):  
Sex Roles ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Bem Sex Role Inventory ◽  
Social Competencies ◽  
Social Effectiveness ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
The Relationship

The investigation examined the relationship between male sex-role orientation and perceived social effectiveness in the context of dating and sexual relating. One hundred and thirty-three undergraduate males completed the Bem Sex-Role Inventory and the Male Social-Sexual Effectiveness Scale (MSSES). Results revealed androgynous males indicated the greatest degree of comfort and confidence in dating sexual situations. Undifferentiated males indicated the least social-sexual effectiveness, while masculine sex-typed males scored midrange. The results support the criterion validity of the MSSES, and provide further evidence in favor of the analysis of sex roles as, essentially, instrumental and expressive social competencies.

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