Sex-Typed May Be Beautiful but Androgynous is Good

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith S. Bridges
Keyword(s):  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Stimulus Person ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Sex Attraction ◽  
Opposite Sex

The effects of a stimulus person's sex-role orientation on both opposite-sex attraction and attribution of physical attractiveness were assessed. Male and female undergraduates, classified as sex-typed or androgynous according to their scores on the Bern Sex-role Inventory, were asked to form impressions of two members of the opposite sex on the basis of some of their responses to the inventory. The protocols were actually bogus and were contrived to represent a feminine female, a masculine male, and an androgynous person (same for both sexes). Each subject was given one sex-typed and one androgynous protocol and was asked to form impressions of both. The results indicated that both androgynous and sex-typed females liked the androgynous male significantly more than the masculine one, although males did not differentiate between the two females. Moreover, significantly greater physical attractiveness was attributed to the sex-typed stimulus person than to the androgynous one.

Sex-Role Orientation of Nursing Students at a Community College

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 948-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Culkin ◽  
Donald Tricarico ◽  
Florence Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Geometric Mean ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference

The sex-role orientation of 20 male and 48 female nursing students at an urban community college was assessed by the Bern Sex-role Inventory. Sex and sex-role orientation were not significantly associated, and no significant difference was found between male and female students on a geometric mean estimate of androgyny. No support was found for Bern's theory of sex-role orientation. Results are discussed in terms of sample-specific features of the subjects.

Machover Revisited: Impact of Sex-Role Orientation on Sex Sequence on the Draw-a-Person Test

1978 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele A. Paludi
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Diagnostic Use ◽  
Role Orientations ◽  
Human Figure ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Figure Drawings

A significant relationship was obtained between sex of first figure drawn on the Draw-A-Person test and sex-role orientation, as operationalized by scores on the Bern Sex-role Inventory of 76 male and 93 female introductory psychology students. The most striking finding was that most of the women who drew the opposite-sex figure first were “feminine.” To the extent that sex-role orientations can be empirically amalgamated with sex sequence, subsequent theory and research into clinical and diagnostic use of human figure drawings would increase in precision.

The analysis of the sex role orientation of gifted male and female adolescents

Roeper Review ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marolyn A. Wells ◽  
Steve Peltier ◽  
Cheryl Glickauf‐Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Male And Female

THE EFFECTS OF SEX-TYPED TRAIT DESCRIPTIONS ON JUDGMENTS OF LIKEABLENESS

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Korabik
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Stimulus Person ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Masculine Role ◽  
Male Subjects ◽  
Female Subjects

The present study attempted to specify some of the conditions in which the use of sex-typed trait description would influence ratings of likeableness. Ninety male and 90 female subjects evaluated descriptions of stimulus persons varying in gender and sex role orientation. Female subjects rated masculine role descriptions less favorably than feminine or androgynous descriptions regardless of the gender ascribed to the stimulus person. Male subjects' judgments were influenced by the appropriateness of the gender of the stimulus person to the sex role of the description. Researchers should be aware that trait descriptions may have subtle sex role connotations which will influence subjects' judgments.

Physical Attractiveness, Sex Role Orientation, and the Evaluation of Adults and Children

1987 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet S. Moore ◽  
William G. Graziano ◽  
Murray G. Millar
Keyword(s):  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Adults And Children

Sex-Role Orientation, Coping Strategies, and Self-Efficacy of Women in Traditional and Nontraditional Occupations

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonita C. Long
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Nontraditional Occupations ◽  
Bem Sex Role Inventory ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Personal Efficacy ◽  
The Relationship

Examined women's sex-role orientation, coping strategies, self-efficacy, and stress in male- and female-dominated occupations. Results ( n = 281) revealed that high-masculine women (measured by the Bem Sex Role Inventory), compared with low-masculine women, reported significantly lower scores on measures of anxiety and strain, with the exception of interpersonal strain. High-masculine women, compared with low-masculine women, reported greater problem- relative to emotion-focused coping and higher self-efficacy. Low-feminine women in nontraditional occupations reported higher self-efficacy and greater problem-focused coping compared with low-feminine women in traditional occupations. The relation between masculinity and strain was nonsignificant when the variance due to self-efficacy was partialed out, suggesting that the relationship between sex role and strain may be mediated by personal efficacy.

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