The two alternate full forms of the Sex-role Egalitarianism Scale and the full form of the Bern Sex-role Inventory were separately administered on three occasions to a college student sample of 99. Findings suggest that the attitudinal construct of egalitarianism and the gender trait of androgyny are not associated.
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