Conformity to Majority Type as a Function of Task and Acceptance of Sex-Related Stereotypes

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It was expected that individuals who have accepted the conventional sex roles would conform most to an All-Male majority when confronted with male-related items, but when the items are female-related, they should conform most to an All-Female majority. he Ss were 204 American male and female students. A conformity instrument, a Masculinity-Femininity scale, and a Women's Liberation scale were administered to the Ss; the last two instruments were used to classify the Ss in terms of acceptance or rejection of conventional sex roles. It was found that with male-related items, Feminine-Females and Anti-Lib Ss conformed most to the All-Male majority; when the items were female-related, Masculine-Males conformed most to the All-Female majority. In general, whereas males conformed to the same extent to different types of majority with male-related items, females conformed most to the All-Male majority; this suggests that the women's movement may be having a greater impact on the men than the women in American society.

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