MASCULINE FEMININE

(N) EITHER

NO REPLY

38%

30%

6%

57%

38%

MEN

WOMEN

20%

FIG. PREDOMINANT ROLE IN HOMOSEXUAL

RELATIONS

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ity

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It is most interesting that a minority of both mon and and in the case of the men a very small minorconsidered themselves as predominantly feminino in their homosexual relations. This has no necessary connection with the physical role taken in sexual performance; the question does not specify physical role, having boon written originally for the women's questionnairo, and there seems no reason why psychological attitudos must correspond to physical ones. The replies may reflect the higher prostigo-valuo of male than of female identificati on in the minds of both mon and women homosexuals. This corresponds to findings for the general population on the part of sociologists.*

Further evidence in this direction is that somO · perhaps many male homosexuals apparently maintain a strong

*For example: McKoo & Sherrifs "The Differenti al Evaluati on of Males & Females", Journal of Personality, XXV, 451-64; McKee & Sherrifs "Men's and Women's Boliefs, Ideals & Self-Cons epts", American Journal of Sociology, Jan. 1959; Komarovsky, Mirra, "Women in the Modern World", 1953.

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