Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Masculine Vs Feminine

Characteristics

Janet Saltzman Chafetz (1974, 35-36) describes seven areas of masculinity :

  1. Physical — virile, athletic, strong, brave.
  2. Functional — breadwinner, provider for family
  3. Sexual — sexually aggressive, experienced. Single status acceptable;
  4. Emotional — unemotional, stoic, for example, the proverb "boys don't cry";
  5. Intellectual — logical, intellectual, rational, objective, practical,
  6. Interpersonal — leader, dominating; disciplinarian; independent, free, individualistic; demanding;
  7. Other Personal Characteristics — success-oriented, ambitious, aggressive, proud, egotistical; moral, trustworthy; decisive, competitive, uninhibited, adventurous.

from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masculinity


How about feminine? Any suggest?

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