Discusses the various areas of sex role change as an evolution verging on revolution, and states the result of these changes as being a blurring of gender roles. Reactions of different male groups, from the traditional to the liberal, are given, as well as a complete explanation of emotional trouble spots. (LPG)

The purpose of this study was to measure various death-related attitudes of a group of adolescents and to determine if these attitudes remain sex-related. It was concluded that differences in attitudes toward death generally are still consistent with traditional sex roles. (Author)

Subjects were 26 female three-, four- and five-year-old children who free-played four different sets, each containing a culturally-defined feminine, masculine and neutral toy. A same- or opposite-sex adult was either present or absent during play. Results included the following: (1) girls played longer than boys with feminine and neutral toys,…

This paper, presented at the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C., April 1975, replicates Horner's (1968) study of the motive to avoid success (M-s) on fifty-through eleventh-grade males (N=169) and females (N=168). Sex and grade differences were found in the specific reasons given for avoiding success. (Author)

The Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI), which conceptualizes masculinity and femininity as two independent dimensions rather than using the traditional notion of a single bipolar dimension, was factor analyzed. BSRI scores from 253 male and female industrial workers, 36 police officers, and 36 nonworking housewives were analyzed. (Author)

In an earlier experiment, college recruiters evaluated a videotape of an interviewee who was either male or female, and who displayed either a moderately aggressive or passive self-presentation. In the present paper, two studies are presented which replicate and extend the findings of the original experiment. (Author)

Examines female and male sex-role orientation with emphasis on the structural and attitudinal predictors of sex-role ideology. Findings show sex-role orientation based on nontraditional wife-mother, husband-father and problematic husband-wife alterations roles elicted a significantly more modern response from females as compared to males. (Author)

Articles (N = 61) in major sociological journals were analyzed for content and method of sampling. The findings show that females are underrepresented in studies on the formation of college plans. Significant differences between males and females were also observed in the effects of intelligence, peers, and social class on college plans. (Author)

Women's lower achievement level in professions is explained by the Multiple Role Negotiation perspective as resulting from difficulty in balancing the "active," demanding roles of wife/mother and a high-level professional role. The findings reveal that neither males nor females perceive the female familial role as the "more active." (Author)

Males and females were divided into "masculine,""feminine," and "androgynous" based on their scores on an androgyny scale. The three groups then answered a questionnaire on attitudes toward women. Results show that feminine men were the most conservative group. (SE)

Judgments of disorder as reflected by pathology ratings and recommendations for professional help were strongly influenced by the type of stress condition. Stress conditions had different impact for males and females. (Author)

Previous equity research indicates that females more often than males prefer to divide rewards equally when their own work inputs are greater than that of their partner. In the present study, males and females divided rewards either between themselves and another person, or between two hypothetical members of a work dyad. Results showed that when…

Recent trends in conceptualizing sex role behavior have emphasized the independent development of masculinity and feminity. The present study presents evidence regarding the psychometric properties of the Masculinity and Feminity scales of the Adjective Check List, developed from the parent Masculinity-Feminity Scale especially for the purpose of…

Using data obtained from over 2,000 college students, subscales of the PRF ANDRO scale are shown to be independent, reliable, minimally related to socially desirable responding, and substantially related to the corresponding subscales of Bem's Sex Role Inventory and to major personality dimensions. (Author)

The present study addressed the question of whether persons' implicit personality theories include the notion that the possession of masculine and feminine characteristics tend to preclude each other so that the two clusters of attributes are perceived to be negatively correlated. The results confirm the hypothesis. (Author)