Gender - androgyny

Question 1

androgyny

Answer 1

display equal masculine and feminine traits/characteristics

Question 2

traditional view on gender?

Answer 2

two distincit gender identities; manly men and girly girls

Question 3

Sandra Bem (1974)

Answer 3

suggest more than two gender identities, added androgynous to masculine and feminine identities

Question 4

June Singer (1976)

Answer 4

androgyny is ‘flowing between binary opposites of masculinity and femininity’

Question 5

Jarvis and Russell (2009)

Answer 5

• androgyny is not sexual orientation, intersex, sexual equality
• characteristics culture associates with males and females co-exist within one person

Question 6

Bem Sex Role Inventory

Answer 6

• 7 point likert scale with gendered traits carry numerical value and are added up
• score above 4 in both masculine and feminine counts as androgynous

Question 7

how could the Bem sex role inventory be improved

Answer 7

• validity = change wording/interview
• reliability = split-half

Question 8

Bem (1974)

Answer 8

BSRI - Bem Sex Role Inventory. first systematic attempt to measure androgyny using rating scale. creates scores across two dimensions. more people = androgynous than extremes

Question 9

strengths of the BSRI

Answer 9

+ face validity. pilot study of 1000 students results broadly matched students gender identity
+ reliable - high correspondance in test-retest
+ androgynous people are more psychologically healthy as they are not surpressing parts of themselves

Question 10

limitations of the BSRI

Answer 10

• social desirability bias
• 70s lacks temporal validity
• American students lacks populcation validity (culture, IQ, etc.)
• quantitative - misses rich detail
• oversimplifies complex concept