and more intelligent than women but, strangely, it is the fate of each man to become the willing slave of some woman, without knowing how this takes place. The book is full of generalizations, most of them inaccurate. Feminine and masculine roles are sharply divided. Long hair, colourful clothes, toilet aids, and artistic interests are presented as a denial of masculinity: the feminine mind is ...

Previous research has found a relationship between diierent measures of androgyny and performance on cognitive tests that diierentially favor, on average, either men or women. The present experiment was designed to test the relationship between androgyny, as measured by body proportions, salivary testosterone levels (T levels) and the Bem Sex Role lnventory (BSRI), and perfomance on sex-biased ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships between physical function and gender-stereotyped traits and whether these relationships are modified by sex or social context. METHODS A total of 1995 community-dwelling older adults from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS) aged 65 to 74 years were recruited in Natal (Brazil), Manizales (Colombia), Tirana (Albania), Kingston (Ontario, Cana...

In this paper, I give an account, in terms of centering theory [GJW86], of some phenomena of pronominalization in Italian, in particular the use of the null or the overt pronoun in subject position. After a general introduction to the Italian pronominal system, I will review centering, and then show how the original rules given in [GJW86] have to be extended or modified. Finally, I will show th...

BACKGROUND Given recent assertions suggesting that gender role endorsement may be relevant in the divergence of male body image concerns, this study examined the self-reported gender role endorsement in opposing dimensional extremes of male body image disorders, namely, muscle dysmorphia and anorexia nervosa. This study further examined the relationship between gender role endorsement and eatin...

The emerging literature on the sport of roller derby focuses primarily on the potential ticipants to explore both masculine and feminine behaviours and appearances in the female body, often through flamboyant or oller derby participants act to disrupt or challenge the gender binary (mainstream ideals of femininity and gender expectations), whilst simultaneously embracing or supporting the tradi...

OBJECTIVES This current study investigates the relationship between the endorsement of masculine and feminine gender role orientation in accordance with Bem's indices and both personal resources and coping with stress. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Life Orientation Scale-Revised, the Gener...

This paper explores the empirical validity of the masculine overcompensation thesis, which asserts that men react to masculine insecurity with extreme demonstrations of masculinity. Overcompensation, an often-cited popular account for exaggerated masculine-typed behaviors, is supported by theoretical work in the masculinities and identity theory literatures. I tested the masculine overcompensat...