Results of this study demonstrated that boys identify strongly with masculine role models both in primary relationships and in those in which they are not acquainted directly with the role model; girls tend to identify with both male and female role models more than boys. (Author)

An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Assoc. (San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 29, 1967)

Describes two studies to test the following hypotheses: (1) delinquent behavior that corresponds to sex stereotypes will be punished more severely; and (2) delinquent behavior that deviates will be evaluated more negatively. Presents model illustrating how sex stereotypes about delinquent behavior lead to sex-related differences in attribution and…

Analysis of the discourse in an informal interview with a 14-year-old, female, Australian high school student takes a feminist poststructuralist perspective, applying concepts from ethnomethodology. In the course of talking about her social world, the subject articulates two distinct discourses of adolescent femininity. As an observable…