Subjects rated masculine and feminine first names on five connotative dimensions: evaluation, activity, potency, stability, and receptivity. The potency dimension (i.e., adjective pairs such as brave-cowardly, severe-lenient, strong-weak) was found to most strongly distinguish masculine and feminine names. No differences were found due to sex of…

A study exploring injuries among 14 pairs of ice skaters revealed that males tended to have pain in the shoulders, wrists, and back, while females had pain in the hips and feet. Males tended to have more injuries in single skating, while females tended to have more in pairs skating. (Author/CB)

Reviews the results of a longitudinal study on socialization and child aggression. Proposes that boys be exposed to the same training that girls have traditionally received, and that they be encouraged to develop similar socially positive, nurturant, and sensitive qualities that are antithetical to aggressive behavior. (Author/GC)

National victimization survey data for 1972-76 are examined in order to investigate the extent to which they are in accord with Uniform Crime Report arrest data regarding the offender's sex. Results indicate that proportionate female involvement has been relatively stable except that larceny has shown a slight increase. (Author/GC)

Contrary to Haas (1979) who argued that little evidence exists to distinguish between males' and females' use of dirty words, review of the literature revealed numerous empirical studies which provide clear evidence for sex differences. (MP)

The results of two studies indicate that males and females respond differently to persons who are out of sex role. Females more often chose the sex-role-inappropriate person when asked whether they would hire a male or a female for a particular job. (Author/GC)

Television programs were analyzed for frequencies of positive reinforcement and punishment exchanged among performers varying in age and sex. Females were found to more often exhibit and receive reinforcement, whereas males more often exhibited and received punishment. These findings have implications for children's learning of positive and…

The results of the study described support the argument that compliance (agreement with ideas expressed by others) is not a general trait associated with the female sex role. Instead, compliant behavior is affected by the extent to which the topic is relevant to subjects. (Author/GC)

Responds to Heesacker and Prichard's (1992) article on male emotional expressivity. Challenges use of theories of Bly. Questions their assertion that our culture offers men no powerful images of maleness and assumption that modern society centers on women's affective style. Takes issue with their claim that feminist researchers do not view male…

This article presents guidelines for equal treatment of the sexes drawn up by the McGraw-Hill Book Company and other publishers in an effort to avoid sexist assumptions in their publications. (RC)

Comparing cultural conceptions of sexism to those of racism, this paper identifies lack of contact, social invisibility, ethnocentrism, competition, and unequal power as factors that negatively affect women in the work place. Possible female responses to these factors include: (1) acquiescence to male dominance; (2) aggression; (3) acting and…

This study investigated the differences between athletes and nonathletes in a) vertical and horizontal vision, and b) the relationship between sex and field of vision. (JS)

Derived replicated Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory clusters for both inpatient alcoholic men and women (N=300). Subsequent multivariate analyses employing several alcohol-use scales revealed significant differences among subtypes of alcoholic women but relatively poor differentiation among subtypes of men by these measures. (BH)

Twenty-five substantiated cases of sexual abuse involving male children were compared with 180 substantiated cases involving female children. Significant differences between female and male victims were observed in family composition, perpetrator of the abuse, variables contributing to continuation of the abusive situation, and type of services…