The relative endurance performance of women (and low-strength men) is superior to that of high-strength men only at submaximal tension levels below the critical occluding tension level. (MM)

Among college students who were casual or serious daters, greater relative attractiveness was positively correlated with greater relative availability of opposite-sexed friends and negatively correlated with worrying about partner's potential involvement with others. A 9-month follow-up revealed that similarity of attractiveness was predictive of…

Realistic male and female plastic dolls were used in this study which examined the relative importance of cues associated with physical sex characteristics (genitals, body type, and hair length). (WY)

This article is adapted from the author's book "The Brain: The Last Frontier," and discusses recent research on the brain that establishes that the brains of boys and girls develop differently and that this affects their learning. (Author/MLF)

Facial pictures were ranked from characteristically black to clearly white and organized into 3 comparable 6-picture sets of male and female photographs. Pictures were rated for sexual appeal by opposite-sex raters; the raters were either black or white. Results show no sexual appeal effect due to physical characteristics of face for female…

A study was designed to measure the effects of the source's body type--endomorph (fat), mesomorph (muscular), and ectomorph (thin)--in relation to his perceived credibility by the receiver. Five hundred subjects were randomly selected from a basic communication course and, in groups of twenty in a classroom setting, were each given a…

Survey of 64 popular men's magazines and 47 women's magazines revealed that almost seven times as many over-the-counter drug advertisements were found in the latter than in the former. Most advertisements directed toward women concerned appearance; most directed toward men were for stimulants. Suggests enhanced regulatory efforts against…

Erickson's 1951 study of gender differences in preadolescents' play construction was replicated and expanded to correct for sex bias of materials. Erickson's finding of innate biological differences in the experience and perception of space was not confirmed. Instead, differences were attributed to the materials provided. (KH)

Body image is considered to be a multidimensional construct which includes evaluative and cognitive dimensions of physical appearance, physical fitness, health, and sexuality. Clearly, individuals differ in the degree to which they evaluate their body image and in the importance they place on their body image. This study was conducted to…

This study investigates the physical characteristics, body composition, cardiovascular and pulmonary functions, and aerobic capabilities of male and female long distance runners. Eleven runners volunteered to take tests to determine background information, body fat, oxygen uptake, and running time and pace. Conclusions made from this study…

The philosophical proposition axiomatic in all gender difference research is examined in this paper. Research on gender differences is that which attempts to describe categorical differences between males and females, based on a designated potential for sexual reproduction. The methodological problems raised by this assumption include the…

The visual interaction of two strangers in a nonfocused situation (waiting room) was investigated. Amount of visual interaction decreased across time and with the increasing proximity of the interactants. Neither the sex composition of the dyad nor the sex of the looker was a significant source of variance. However, females received more glances…