Men's and Women's Beliefs, Ideals, and Self-Concepts

Beliefs and attitudes which were expected to reflect current changes in and tensions about the roles of the two sexes were studied by means of a two-hundred-word adjective check list. One hundred men and one hundred women subjects were used. Data concerning women's self-concepts and their beliefs about the role desired for them by men proved generally consistent with the hypotheses and findings of Komarovsky. Findings relating to men, however, were often new and have important sociological and psychological implications.