Specific levels within the teaching profession are stereotypically perceived to be sex-typed. To investigate the effects of cross-sex occupational choices on self-image, 60 teachers were given a modified version of the Bern Sex Role Inventory. Analysis of scores on Bern's scale showed male preschool teachers less masculine and more feminine than male high school teachers, and female high school teachers more masculine and less feminine than female preschool teachers.
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