Androgyny and other measures of masculinity-femininity

Analyzed S. L. Bem's measures of Masculinity (M), Femininity (F), and the absolute value of her androgyny measure by the prinicipal-components method with the Masculinity-Femininity scales from the MMPI, the California Psychological Inventory, the Omnibus Personality Inventory, and the Need for Heterosexuality scale of the Adjective Check List. Separate analyses for 59 male and 58 female undergraduates yielded the same 3 orthogonal components for each sex: masculinity-femininity, heterosexuality, and androgyny. The 3 Masculinity-Femininity scales contributed to the 1st component. Heterosexuality and Bem's M and F scales contributed to the 2nd. Androgyny and M (for the males) and F (for the females) contributed to the 3rd. Results support Bem's (1974, 1975) statements about androgyny and show that sex role traits are organized similarly for males and females. (15 ref)