Date of Award
5-1999
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Art
First Advisor
Marilyn Patterson
Second Advisor
Pamela Nickels
Third Advisor
Anita Sankar
Abstract
Sex-role traits of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny were analyzed to study the differences between heterosexual and homosexual males. The Bern Sex-Role Inventory was used to assess each group's sex-role traits. Demographic information was gathered to determine if the homogeneity of the two groups differed on age, ethnicity, education and sexual orientation. Sex-role traits were compared within the groups using independent samples two-tailed t test. The two groups were similar in distribution except for a difference on femininity. There was no significant difference between the groups on masculinity. Homosexual males were significantly different on femininity. Chi-square results for androgyny, masculinity, femininity and undifferentiated scores according to the BEM Sex Role Inventory were nonsignificant between the sexual orientation groups.
Recommended Citation
Slinkard, David L., "Sex-Role in Heterosexual and Gay Males" (1999). Theses. 1333.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1333
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