TY - JOUR
T1 - Femininity, Masculinity and Sexual Orientation
AU - Ross, Michael W.
PY - 1984/1/1
Y1 - 1984/1/1
N2 - Predominantly homosexual males from Australia (n=163), Sweden (n=176) and Finland (n=149) were compared on the Bem Sex-Role Inventory and on various measures of partner preference in order to establish the relationship between degree of homosexuality in terms of Kinsey Scale positions and gender identity. Results suggest that while there is not relationship between femininity and degree of homosexuality, masculinity is inversely related depending on the degree of sex role stereotyping and anti-homosexual attitudes of the society the subjects live in. Such findings suggest that deviant gender identity is function not of homosexuality as such but of societal attitudes, which may reinforce a homosexual role.
AB - Predominantly homosexual males from Australia (n=163), Sweden (n=176) and Finland (n=149) were compared on the Bem Sex-Role Inventory and on various measures of partner preference in order to establish the relationship between degree of homosexuality in terms of Kinsey Scale positions and gender identity. Results suggest that while there is not relationship between femininity and degree of homosexuality, masculinity is inversely related depending on the degree of sex role stereotyping and anti-homosexual attitudes of the society the subjects live in. Such findings suggest that deviant gender identity is function not of homosexuality as such but of societal attitudes, which may reinforce a homosexual role.
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U2 - 10.1300/J082v09n01_03
DO - 10.1300/J082v09n01_03
M3 - Article
C2 - 6643999
AN - SCOPUS:0021021922
SN - 0091-8369
VL - 9
SP - 27
EP - 36
JO - Journal of Homosexuality
JF - Journal of Homosexuality
IS - 1
ER -