Does Bem´s Psychological Androgyny map on gender or sex differences in faces?

The measurement of psychological androgyny.

This article describes the development of a new sex-role inventory that treats masculinity and femininity as two independent dimensions, thereby making it possible to characterize a person as masculine, feminine, or "androgynous" as a function of the difference between his or her endorsement of masculine and feminine personality characteristics. Normative data are presented, as well as the resu...

Examining the sex difference in lateralisation for processing facial emotion: does biological sex or psychological gender identity matter?

The research examining sex differences in functional lateralisation has shown varying results. While some provide evidence for males being more strongly lateralised than females, a number have shown either no relationship or the opposite pattern of findings. In this study we consider whether psychological gender identity might clarify some of the conflicting results in this area of research. Ei...

Age differences in the androgyny score.

METHODS The sample examined consisted of 413 men and 406 women aged 20-90 years. This sample was obtained in two parts. The first contained 215 men and 272 women aged 62-90 years, who formed a simple random sample of the 27,000 older people living in a defined area of Edinburgh. The method of sampling these subjects, who are taking part in a longitudinal study of ageing persons, has been descri...

Gender Differences in Mixed-Sex Conversations

Sex and gender differences in health

Men and women are alike in many ways. However, there are important biological and behavioural differences between the two genders. They affect manifestation, epidemiology and pathophysiology of many widespread diseases and the approach to health care. Despite our knowledge of these crucial differences, there is little gender-specific health care; the prevention, management and therapeutic treat...