54 undergraduate subjects, designated as androgynous or stereotyped by scores on the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), rated their perception of four BSRI protocols contrived to represent androgynous and stereotyped males and females. Results supported the similarity hypothesis for attraction to protocols when similarity was defined in terms of sex role orientation as derived from the BSRI.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Bem, S. L.The measurement of psychological androgyny . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974, 42, 155-162.
2.
Bem, S. L.Sex role adaptability: One consequence of psychological androgyny . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1975, 31, 634-643.
3.
Bem, S. L.On the utility of alternative procedures for assessing psychological androgyny . Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 1977, 45, 196-205.
4.
Bem, S. L.Beyond androgyny: Some presumptous prescriptions for a liberated sexual identity. In J. Sherman & F. Denmark (Eds.), Psychology of women: Future directions of research. Psychological Dimensions, in press.
5.
Bem, S. L. & Lenney, E.Sex typing and the avoidance of cross-sex behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1976, 33, 48-54.
6.
Bem, S. L. , Martyna, W. & Watson, C.Sex typing and androgyny: Further explorations of the expressive domain. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1976, 34, 1016-1023.
7.
Byrne, D.The attraction paradigm. New York: Academic Press, 1971.
8.
Constantinople, A.Masculinity-femininity: An exception to a famous dictum?Psychological Bulletin, 1973, 80, 389-407.
9.
Seyfried, B. A. & Hendrick, C.When do opposites attract? When they are opposite in sex and sex-role attitudes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1973, 25, 12-20.
10.
Spence, J. T. & Helmreich, R.Who likes competent women. Competence, sex-role congruence of interests and subject attitudes toward women as determinants of interpersonal attraction. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1972, 2, 197-213.
11.
Spence, J. T. , Helmreich, R. & Stapp, J.Ratings of self and peers in sex role attributes and their relation to self-esteem and conceptions of masculinity and femininity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1975, 32, 29-39.
12.
Winch, R. F.Mate Selection. Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1968.
13.
Winch, R. F. , Ktsanes, T., & Ktsanes, V.The theory of complementary needs in mate selection: An analytic and descriptive study. American Sociological Review, 1954, 19, 241-249.
