Personal advertisements of male-to-female transsexuals, homosexual men, and heterosexuals

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Child, Meredith Low, Kathryn Graff McCormick, Cheryl McDonell Cocciarella, Andrew
Copyright Year	1996
Abstract	Transsexuals, because of their attempts at gender reversal, offer a unique opportunity to study self-presentation, social roles, and stereotypes. The present study is a content analysis of personal advertisements of male-to-female transsexuals (TM, N =99), homosexual (HoM, N =64) and heterosexual men (HM, N =99), and heterosexual women (HW, N =99). Advertisements were coded for the presence or absence of 11 characteristics either offered or sought, based on the 1984 work of Deaux and Hanna. The content of TM personal advertisements was significantly different from those of HW, HM, or HoM. TM mentioned physical characteristics and sincerity, and requested friendship most often; HoM mentioned sexuality most often; HM offered financial security and status in the form of occupation, and listed marital status most often; and HW offered personality characteristics and attractiveness most often. Several factors may contribute to the pattern of differences observed, including the fact that TM were more likely to be seeking friendship than sexual partners, in contrast to the other three groups.
Starting Page	447
Ending Page	455
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1007/BF01547812
Volume Number	34
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://page-one.springer.com/pdf/preview/10.1007/BF01547812
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01547812
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article