Citation

Nielsen JMC, Doyle PT. Sex Roles 1975; 1(1): 83-95.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00287215

PMID

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Abstract

In light of recent attempts by feminists to upgrade the status of women by stressing the positive aspects of femininity, a comparison of sex-role stereotyping by women who endorse women's liberation with those who do not was made. Feminists showed a more positive perception of women; both groups stressed positive feminine traits in describing an ideal woman, but feminists would like to see more dominance in women. Two negative stereotypes, not previously documented, emerged from this analysis: the depiction of men as cooler, more boastful, awkward, and insensitive by the feminists and women's liberationists as more boastful, excitable, and unattractive by the nonfeminists.