Masculinity and Femininity: Their Psychological Dimensions, Correlates, and Antecedents

by Janet Spence and Robert L. Helmreich

Book Overview

Many societies assign sharply distinguished roles to men and women. Personality differences, as well as physical differences, between men and women are used to justify these different sex roles, and women are seen as more emotionally and interpersonally sensitive than men, while men are said to be more competent, achievement oriented, and assertive than women. A widely held view is that not only do men and women differ but that possession of "masculine"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292750528
• ISBN13: 9780292750524
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"