Masculinity-femininity and accuracy of sex role ascription

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John C. Touhey
Cite this article:  Touhey, J. (1974). Masculinity-femininity and accuracy of sex role ascription. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 2(1), 40-42.


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To examine relationships between masculinity-femininity, presence of same or opposite sex sibling, and accuracy of cross-sex role-taking, 92 male and female undergraduates classified the 20 items comprising Smith’s (1968) Masculinity-Femininity Scale according the sex-role characteristics. Femininity and role-taking accuracy were positively correlated among males and negatively correlated among females, but only 1 of the 4 comparisons for sibling effects reached significance. It is suggested that greater role-taking accuracy among feminine scoring-males and masculine scoring-females results from problematic sex-role identification, and the findings are interpreted in terms of stabilizing mechanisms postulated by interpersonal congruency theory.
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