Sexual Orientation and Personality.
The relation between sexual orientation and personality was examined in a meta-analysis with a total sample of 2,724 heterosexual men, 799 gay men, 157 bisexual men, 5,053 heterosexual women, 697 lesbian women, and 317 bisexual women. Self-ascribed masculinity-femininity (Self-M-F) and gender-relate...
| Published in: | Annual Review of Sex Research Vol. 16; pp. 119 - 154 |
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Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
2005
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