Less favorable evaluations of women physical education majors than of home economics majors, especially by men (N = 141), in a previous study (N = 268), led to expectations for differential Ideal Male and Ideal Female trait assignments to the two targets in this research. The expected tendency was found among this sample (N = 217), especially among men (N = 90).
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