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The focus of the present study is the relationship between Masculine and Feminine personality attributes (as measured by the PAQ), sex role attitudes, and socialization antecedents among a sample of Black women. The majority of the Black women in this study report Androgynous sexual identities, but have traditional beliefs about the female role in the family. Androgynous women are more likely to be positively identified with both mother and father. Women who are college graduates have more liberal views about the female role and are more likely to identify themselves as Masculine and Undifferentiated. Regardless of sexual identity category, the subjects are all heavily invested in the mothering role. Racial comparisons indicate more Black women are in the Androgynous category and more White women in the Undifferentiated category. White respondents have more liberal sex role attitudes than the Black respondents.
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Acknowledgment goes to James S. Jackson, Vickie Mays, and Elizabeth Douvan for suggestions and comments. Special thanks to Thomas E. Binion and two anonymous reviewers who read earlier drafts of the manuscript.
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Binion, V.J. Psychological androgyny: A black female perspective. Sex Roles 22, 487–507 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00288166
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