In America, the issue of gender, its formation and development, have become extremely popular by the mid-20th century. Many psychologists began to explore the public perceptions about themselves, personality traits of the population, in particular, traits of femininity and masculinity (femininity and masculinity) each representative of the American culture. Interesting to know the results?
In the 1980s, years psychologist Bernard carried the study of the distribution of personality types in USA. He wondered how much, in percentage, in the company of men who are and feel themselves as women? Many in the United States too manly men? Are there people with a high measure of both traits of masculinity and femininity?
the result was several groups in different ratio of male and female in the individual - traditional, androgynous, and undifferentiated types, and a group of feminine men and masculine women.
the Androgynous type was considered for such, whose members have a high measure of both female and male traits. That is, in certain situations a person could be masculine strength and courage, and in others women's understanding and sympathy.
After the study the following data were obtained:
40% - traditional type
25% - androgen
18% - undifferentiated type
5% - feminine men
12 % - masculine women
We see that in U.S. society of the late 20th century had enough of the representatives, so to speak, feminine women and masculine men (40%). In this case, we see deviations from the norm - as many as 12% of women behaving abnormally manly.
Interesting is the androgynous type. About this personality type, scientists have found a few facts:
- Androgynous men and women prefer surrounding
- They are more balanced
- Androgyny it is easier to cope with stress
- They satisfied with their relationship with other people
- old age more satisfied with your life
- Author: Yuri bobovsky (http://psychogenes.ru)
In collaboration with Egiazarova M. A.
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