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Siblings And Sex Roles: A Comparison Between Male And Female Graduate Students With Regard To Sibling Sex And Ordinal Position, Anita Witt
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The purpose of the present study was to find out whether there is a relationship between sex role perception, ordinal position, and sex of sibling.
Measuring sex role perception presents a complex problem by itself, since at a time when sex role expectations are changing rapidly, there is little consensus on precisely what constitutes male or female behavior. We were concerned, therefore, to avoid as far as possible subjective interpretations of behavior.
We decided to look for a sample of women who had already reached a measure of achievement in a competitive field traditionally dominated by men, and who were …