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Males and females indicated their perceptions of sex and hostility guilt for themselves and for typical males or typical females. Males were found to be less guilty than females. Both sexes perceived the typical female to be more guilty than the typical male, and both underestimated the actual level of female guilt. Subjects were also classified according to sex-role orientation. Masculine sex-typed people were less guilty than feminine sex-typed individuals, with androgynous groups falling between these two. Also, sex-consistent subjects and androgynous females perceived themselves as similar to others of their gender, while androgynous males perceived themselves as being similar to both males and females. Sex-reversed subjects evidenced conflict and inaccuracies in their perceptions of self versus others. Implications for future research are presented.
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The author wishes to thank Shari Sparling for her assistance in collecting and scoring the data for this study.
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Evans, R.G. Hostility and sex guilt: Perceptions of self and others as a function of gender and sex-role orientation. Sex Roles 10, 207–215 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287775
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