Using Bem's Sex-role Inventory, sex-role attitudes were collected from 100 white and 60 black middle-class fathers. Analysis indicated that both black and white fathers held significantly more masculine sex-role attitudes toward their sons and more feminine sex-role attitudes toward their daughters. Also, white fathers expressed significantly more androgynous attitudes towards daughters and sons than did black fathers.
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