Table 1: Preliminary Study Two (Part II): Attributes Stereotypic and Counterstereotypic of Gay Males
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Stereotypic Attributes |
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Counterstereotypic Attributes |
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Attributes |
Percent |
Attributes |
Percent |
|
Attributes |
|
Percent |
|
|
Experimenter Generated |
|
|
Personality Traits |
|
|
Experimenter Generated |
|
|
|
Soft-voice |
(PC) |
75.0 |
Feminine |
80.0 |
|
Act macho |
(B) |
75.0 |
|
Wear earrings |
(PC) |
75.0 |
Affectionate |
75.0 |
|
Deep Voice |
(NS) |
65.0 |
|
Artsy looking |
(PC) |
70.0 |
Emotional |
70.0 |
|
Sloppy looking |
(PC) |
65.0 |
|
Fashionable |
(PC) |
65.0 |
Sensitive |
70.0 |
|
Hunt animals |
(NS) |
55.0 |
|
Well groomed |
(PC) |
65.0 |
Understanding |
70.0 |
|
Pick fights |
(B) |
55.0 |
|
Good Listeners |
(NS) |
60.0 |
Artistic |
65.0 |
|
Do not have premarital sex |
(B) |
50.0 |
|
Hairdressers |
(N) |
60.0 |
Flirtatious |
60.0 |
|
Mean |
(B) |
50.0 |
|
Thin |
(PC) |
60.0 |
Outspoken |
60.0 |
|
Shabby dressers |
(PC) |
50.0 |
|
Wear flashy clothes |
(PC) |
60.0 |
Soft-hearted |
60.0 |
|
Athletic looking |
(PC) |
45.0 |
|
Dainty |
(PC) |
55.0 |
Enthusiastic |
55.0 |
|
Conservative dressers |
(PC) |
45.0 |
|
Wear tight pants |
(PC) |
55.0 |
Frank |
55.0 |
|
Studs |
(NS) |
40.0 |
|
Melodramatic |
(B) |
50.0 |
Individualistic |
55.0 |
|
Free Responses |
|
|
|
Free Responses |
|
|
Easy-going |
50.0 |
|
Closed minded |
(B) |
60.0 |
|
Gay Activists |
(NS) |
95.0 |
Gentle |
50.0 |
|
Old fashioned |
(NS) |
60.0 |
|
Engage in anal sex |
(B) |
90.0 |
Optimistic |
50.0 |
|
Traditional |
(NS) |
55.0 |
|
Transvestites |
(NS) |
70.0 |
Peculiar |
50.0 |
|
Like the status quo |
(NS) |
45.0 |
|
Have a lot of female friends |
(N) |
65.0 |
Sociable |
50.0 |
|
Personality Traits |
|
|
|
Open minded |
(NS) |
65.0 |
Spunky |
50.0 |
|
Conservative |
|
70.0 |
|
Walk like girls |
(NS) |
65.0 |
Talkative |
50.0 |
|
Unemotional |
|
65.0 |
|
In touch w/selves |
(NS) |
60.0 |
Touchy |
50.0 |
|
Masculine |
|
55.0 |
|
Liberal |
(NS) |
60.0 |
Effeminate |
45.0 |
|
Tough |
|
55.0 |
|
Limp Wristed |
(NS) |
60.0 |
Sentimental |
45.0 |
|
Unfriendly |
|
55.0 |
|
Different |
(NS) |
55.0 |
|
|
|
Hard hearted |
|
50.0 |
|
Open about feelings |
(B) |
55.0 |
|
|
|
Intolerant |
|
50.0 |
|
Proud |
(B) |
55.0 |
|
|
|
Aggressive |
|
45.0 |
|
Compassionate |
(B) |
50.0 |
|
|
|
Cruel |
|
45.0 |
|
Good Dressers |
(PC) |
50.0 |
|
|
|
Prejudiced |
|
45.0 |
|
Touchy-feely |
(B) |
50.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warm-hearted |
(B) |
50.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Note. (n=20). B=behaviors; P=physical characteristics; N=neither behavior nor physical characteristic; NS=non-significant Chi Square. Percent refers to the percentage of subjects who judged an attribute as very or somewhat characteristic of gay males for the stereotypic attributes and as very or somewhat uncharacteristic of gay males for the counterstereotypic attributes. Personality traits refers to attributes from Gough and Heilbrun's (1983) checklist.