Students aged 18 to 23 yr. at a community college in suburban New Jersey and adults aged 30 to 39 yr. from suburban New Jersey completed the 1974 Bern Sex-role Inventory and Brooks-Gunn and Ruble's 1980 Menstrual Attitude Questionnaire. Significant age differences, sex differences and gender role differences in attitudes toward menstruation were found. Their implications are discussed.
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