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The SVIB M-F Scale: Must We Ignore Feminine Aversions for Carburetors?.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Campbell, David P. |
| Copyright Year | 1972 |
| Abstract | There are substantial differences in the interests of men and women, reflected by their answers to vocational interest inventories. These differences are not trivial, they persist even in samples of men and women selected for occupational equivalence, and to ignore them would be to introduce considerable error into the scoring of these inventories. The content of the sex differences is diverse and not easy to summarize. While there are some major themes -men have stronger mechanical interests, women artistic erests -there are many other contrasts that don't fit into neat categories. Lumping these differences together into one empirical scoring scale and labeling it "Masculinity-Femininity" creates more interpretative problems than it solves, especially as these labels have so much surplus meaning. The best way to proceed now is to stop using M-F scales and concentrate instead on homogeneous scales -such as scales for mechanical interests and artistic interests -so that, for example, a person with strong mechanical interests and weak artistic interests can be described in exactly that way with no implication that this pattern connotes masculinity. * Handout for a paper presented in a Symposium on Masculinity-Femininity Scales, American Psychological Association, Honolulu, September, 1972. Table 1 Response Percentages to the Item: "Adjust a Carburetor" Eighth Grade Class Response Males (N = 70) Females (N = 65) Difference Like 31 % 9 % + 22 Indifferent 30 11 + 19 Dislike 39 80 41 100 % 100 % Ninth Grade Class Response Males (N = 91) Females (N a 108) Difference Like 51 % 12 % .4. 39 Indifferent 26 23 + 3 Dislike 23 65 42 100 % 100 % Married Couples = 45) Response Males Females Difference Like 32 % 9 % + 23 Indifferent 38 17 + 21 Dislike 30 74 44 100 % 100 % Men-In-General Response 1938 1966 1969 Like 33 % 35 % 34 % Indifferent 35 36 34 Dislike 32 29 32 100 % 41111 100 % 100 % Table 2 Response Percentages of Menversus Women-In-General to the Item: "Operating Machinery" Response Men-In-General 1938 Sample Women-In-General 1946 Sample Difference Like 54 2 27 2 + 27 Indifferent 26 34 8 Dislike 20 39 19 Response 1969 Sample 1969 Sample Like 42 2 26 2 +16 Indifferent 34 32 + 2 Dislike 24 41 -18 |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
