Studies using a questionnaire and direct observation were designed to explore the correlation between sex and territorial space on airplanes. Subjects were observed in the coach section of airplanes to determine whether men or women used the common armrest more, when seated in mixed-sex arrangement. Other subjects responded to an interview questionnaire at a major airport. Results indicate that men, with or without control for size, had a much greater tendency to use the common armrest. Also those subjects accustomed to using the armrest felt angrier when denied this space.
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