The effects of abortion on perceived sex role

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https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.6434
Keywords:
abortion, perceived sex role, attitude, femininity, masculinity, androgyny, human behavior, social psychology, social behavior
Abstract
We investigated the effect of abortion on the sex role attitudes of 118 women undergoing the procedure. Perceived femininity, masculinity, and androgyny were measured during the week preceding the abortion, and then at 2 weeks and 3 months following the abortion. Because the decision to abort requires assertiveness not common to the traditional female role and a denial of maternity, we expected that postabortion femininity scores would decrease and masculinity scores would increase, resulting in greater androgyny. While no significant differences in femininity scores were found across the 3 testing times, masculinity and androgyny scores differed significantly from the first to third and second to third testing times.
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  1. Paul N. Dixon, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University
    College of Education
  2. Donald Strano, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University
    College of Education
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Vol. 1 No. 2 (1986): Psychology and Human Development: an international journal
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