Androgyny Across Two Cultures
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Vol. 12 (1) , 95-102
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022181121007
Abstract
The present study involved a cross-cultural comparison of 320 Israeli and 333 American students using the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) as a measure of sex-role orientation. The results indicated that fewer Israeli males were classified as androgynous. No significant differences were found in the masculine or feminine categories. It was found that Israeli and American females were very similar in terms of mean masculine and feminine BSRI scores. However, Israeli males had significantly lower BSRI masculine scores than American males. The utility of the BSRI and other measures of sex-role orientation for cross-cultural research is noted and other studies using Israeli samples are discussed.Keywords
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