Masculinity Scores as an Artifact of Feminist Attitude
| Autor: | Barbara Finlay, Karen E. Scheltema |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Adult
Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Feminism Education Developmental psychology Gender Studies Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Psychological testing Homosexuality Gender role General Psychology media_common Psychological Tests Gender Identity Homosexuality Female General Medicine Femininity Attitude Masculinity Sexual orientation Female Lesbian Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Homosexuality. 37:139-147 |
| ISSN: | 1540-3602 0091-8369 |
| Popis: | Data from a sample of lesbian women (n = 58) and college women (n = 129) are analyzed to examine the relationship between feminism (AWS), sexual orientation, and a PAQ-defined masculinity score. While lesbians have higher M scores, they also have very high AWS scores. When AWS is controlled in a multiple regression analysis, the difference on M scores between the two sexual orientation groups disappears. The results support the hypothesis that high masculinity scores for women represent strong self-confidence and independence, characteristics of those with positive feminist outlooks. We also argue that measures of traits such as independence and expressiveness need to be labeled as such, and not as "masculinity" or "femininity." |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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