Reducing gender disparities in Japan is an urgent issue that requires the attention of multilevel stakeholders, including higher education institutions. Under Sustainable Development Goal 4, target 4.7 calls for educational institutions, including universities, to explore innovative approaches to tackle issues such as gender inequality. The…

The balance of empirical research on college men is a portrait of their maladaptive and antisocial attitudes and behaviors. Studies have demonstrated the correlation between college men's problematic behavior and adherence to gender role traditionalism. Educators have few composites of men's prosocial behavior nor the masculine ideology that…

Domestic violence has emerged as a worldwide concern since the 1970s. Although a substantial amount of efforts have been devoted to assessing various aspects of domestic violence, a relatively small number of studies have empirically examined factors that shape public attitudes toward police response to such incidents. Even rarer is investigating…

This study examined whether negative stereotypes about feminists serve as a barrier to self-identifying as a feminist. College women were exposed to positive stereotypes about feminists, negative stereotypes about feminists, or were not exposed to stereotypes about feminists (control condition) in a between-participants design. Women who read a…

In the first study reported most American norms governing reactions to self-disclosure to friends and strangers were replicated. In the second study American norms governing self-disclosure to males and females were not replicated. (Author/AM)

This study examined college students' knowledge and attitudes regarding children's gender, and social and moral norms, and compared their evaluations of violation of each norm type. Participating were 140 female and 67 male college students ranging in age from 17 to 46 years, 33 of whom were parents. Subjects were asked questions related to toys,…

Predicted that androgynous and sex-role stereotyped individuals (N=72) would be differentiated on frequency and meaningfulness of particular types of constructs they employ. Results supported predictions with one exception: androgynous subjects employed sex-typed and neutral constructs with equal meaningfulness. Results supported the cognitive…

Some research has found that masculinity is associated with equally good, if not better, adjustment than androgyny. The relationship between gender-role orientation and psychological adjustment was examined using female college students and upper-middle-class housewives to test the hypothesis that masculine and androgynous women from both samples…

Compared attitudes toward changing sex roles held by varsity athletes (N=54) and nonathlete students (N=54). Participants completed either Form A or Form B of the Situational Attitude Scale Women-4. Findings indicated that male varsity athletes demonstrated significantly more negative attitudes toward nontraditional sex role behaviors. (RC)

Investigates Kagan's (1964) and Kohlberg's (1966) models of sex role identity, using a paradigm similar to that of Spence and Helmreich (1975) but with several methodological improvements. Subjects were 214 male and female college students enrolled in an introductory social psychology course. (MP)

The time spent on household labor, and the traditionality and role specialization in the division of such labor are compared using matched samples of married and co-habiting college men and women. Women of both groups are still taking most of the responsibility for the household tasks. (Author)

This study examined stability and change in gender role stereotypes by comparing responses to items on the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) for the typical woman and man in 1978 and in 1986. Subjects were college students enrolled in an introductory psychology course in 1978 (N=85) and in 1986 (N=219). Subjects rated the typical man or typical woman…

Examines college appreciation of sexual humor. Results show that as sexual content increases in explicitness male appreciation significantly increases in a linear type progression. Females demonstrate greatest appreciation for the most sexually explicit cartoons. Results reflect relaxation of traditional sex role restraints among college females.…

The impact of sex-role conflict among females has been an issue of concern in both the sports arena and the field of alcoholism. This study explored the similarities in sex-role conflict between female athletes and alcoholic women. Subjects were 30 female inpatients of a chemical dependency treatment center; 30 undergraduate students; and 30…

Married and single female college students were compared in their perceptions of self, ideal woman, and man's ideal woman. Perceptions of female sex-role held by college women in 1969 and 1973 were also compared. Differences were found between the 1969 and 1973 groups. (Author)