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The Contextual Specificity of Gender: Femininity and Masculinity in College Students' Same- and Other-Gender Peer Contexts.

Social constructivist models of gender suggest that gendered attitudes and behaviors, such as femininity and masculinity, are context-dependent (Deaux and Major 1987). If this is the case, femininity and masculinity may be better conceptualized as variable states rather than as stable traits. In the...

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Published in:Sex Roles Vol. 76; no. 9-10; pp. 604 - 615
Main Authors: Mehta, Clare, Dementieva, Yulia
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature May2017
Subjects:
United States
Femininity
College students
Masculinity
Cisgender people
Social constructionism
Gender
Psychology
Universities & colleges
Ecological momentary assessments (Clinical psychology)
Bem Sex-Role Inventory
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