Primary and Secondary Male Characteristics: The Hairiness and Large Penis Stereotypes
- 1 February 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 26 (1) , 123-126
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1970.26.1.123
Abstract
36 male and 24 female college students were shown slides of a hairy arm, an arm without hair, a hairy chest, a chest without hair, a large penis and a small penis. They were asked to rate the slides on various adjective scales. The hairy arm and, to some degree, the hairy chest were rated as more potent and more active than their hairless counterparts and the large penis was rated as more potent than the small penis. These results were replicated for a smaller group.Keywords
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