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…

Male and female college students filled out the Bem Sex Role Inventory and responded to a set of five in-basket tasks taken from the Rosen, Jerdee, and Prestwich study of male managers. On some tasks, male and/or female subjects responded in a sex-role-stereotyped manner. There were no effects for androgyny level. (Author)

A sample of children (grades 2-3) was provided with information about the abilities of two children at a specific activity and asked to predict their abilities at a second related activity. The respondents' sex stereotypes interfered with their capacity to make logical inferences about the stimulus children's abilities at the second activity. (KH)

Examined the relationship between traditional sex-role stereotypes about personality traits and children's judgments about themselves and their peers. Also investigated the development of androgynous orientations in children. (CMG)

In each of two experiments employing a 2 X 2 X 2 design, girls and boys observed a live male or female model display of appropriate (to the child's sex) or inappropriate behavior. Results indicated an interaction between sex of child and appropriateness. Boys were found to imitate opposite sex behavior less frequently than girls. (Author/GC)

Reports on a study of the presence of historical change in the self-concept and self-esteem of male and female late adolescents which utilized a time-lag design. Discusses results in terms of theoretical positions with which they are inconsistent and an emerging interactionist view which they appear to support. (Author/MK)

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)

Examined toddlers' awareness of own-sex and other-sex gender-typed and non-gender-typed toys, also measuring accuracy at labeling sex. Toddlers participated in sequential touching tasks. Results indicated that toddlers possessed significant awareness of gender-typed categories, particularly own-sex gender-typed ones. Awareness of gender-typed…

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)

Describes some of the problems facing girls growing up and making career decisions in today's society. Suggests some ways in which the counselor can bring both positive and negative aspects of differing role patterns to the attention of these girls. (Author/HMV)

Studied dependency themes in 113 recently published fictional books for children and adolescents and compared females and males in situations where one character helps or influences another. Females were more likely to receive than to give help, and males were more likely to give than to receive help. (Author/ABB)

Reviews the literature on gender issues in librarianship and reports results of a survey of male librarians that examined reasons for entering the profession, family support for this decision, awareness of and attitude toward male librarian stereotypes, career goals, effects of gender on advancement, and other gender-related issues. (67…

Sex stereotypes are often less clear-cut than they seem. Erstwhile weaknesses can come to be viewed as valuable skills, and formerly perceived strengths can be seen as inflexible and one-dimensional. Management culture is beginning to see the value of a mixture of feminine and masculine traits. (Contains 60 references.) (JOW)

Parents were asked to complete an information form when they registered their children in an early childhood education center. Answers to a question on the form concerning each child's favorite play activities at home were collected and examined in terms of sex differences. The parents in this study reported the same sex difference in children's…

The purpose of this study was to examine child-selected play activities of three-, four-, and five-year-old children to determine whether the choices reflected society's traditionally sex stereotyped labels. Subjects were 50 students enrolled in two nursery school programs at a midwestern university during the autumn of 1979. Three observers…