The present study is an extension and refinement of previous research on the gender-relevance of commonly projected animal content. Results again support the projection of gender in animal images, and this tendency is not affected by clarity of image, sex of subject, or subject's sex-type. However, it appears that previous research may have overestimated the number of animals that elicit this phenomenon.
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