Stereotypic Attributes

Percent

Strength

Stereotypic Attributes Con't

Percent

Strength

Subtypes

Factor Loadings

Experimenter Generated

Personality Traits

Positive Subtype

Positive Qualities

Gender Role Violation

Artsy looking

(PC)

82.6

3.97

Feminine

87.8

4.28

Warm-hearted

.76

.05

Dainty

(PC)

76.3

3.97

Sensitive

87.8

4.12

Compassionate

.74

.05

Soft-voice

(PC)

72.2

3.97

Emotional

80.9

4.04

Emotional

.71

.34

Fashionable

(PC)

69.6

3.85

Gentle

77.4

3.99

Gentle

.71

.20

Hairdressers

(N)

67.3

3.84

Affectionate

73.9

3.97

Open about feelings

.71

.10

Melodramatic

(B)

66.7

3.80

Understanding

71.9

3.85

Good listeners

.68

-.06

Wear earrings

(PC)

66.7

3.89

Artistic

71.3

3.84

Affectionate

.63

.12

Good Listeners

(NS)

60.0

3.71

Soft-hearted

70.4

3.81

Sensitive

.62

.24

Free Responses

Sentimental

67.0

3.75

In touch w/selves

.56

.19

Engage in anal sex

(B)

97.4

4.75

Touchy

65.2

3.80

Understanding

.54

-.05

Gay Activists

(NS)

93.9

4.53

Individualistic

61.7

3.83

Talkative

.53

.18

Transvestites

(NS)

84.1

4.03

Talkative

60.9

3.74

Fashionable

.50

.19

Open minded

(NS)

82.6

4.16

Counterstereotypic Attributes

Soft-hearted

.49

.19

Liberal

(NS)

79.8

4.16

Experimenter Generated

Sentimental

.46

.28

Open about feelings

(B)

78.3

4.08

Act macho

(B)

74.8

2.01

Good dressers

.44

-.00

Walk like girls

(NS)

77.4

3.93

Pick fights

(B)

71.3

2.10

Open minded

.36

.14

In touch w/selves

(NS)

76.3

3.98

Hunt animals

(NS)

69.6

2.02

Artistic

.36

.28

Compassionate

(B)

72.8

3.94

Mean

(B)

67.0

2.17

Liberal

.14

.08

Different

(NS)

71.3

4.08

Deep voice

(NS)

60.0

2.26

Touchy-feely

(B)

68.7

3.88

Sloppy looking

(PC)

60.0

2.23

Deviant Subtype

Positive Qualities

Gender Role Violation

Have a lot of female friends

(N)

67.0

3.86

Free Responses

Feminine

.04

.87

Good Dressers

(PC)

64.4

3.75

Closed minded

(B)

75.7

2.01

Walk like girls

.07

.69

Limp Wristed

(NS)

64.0

3.73

Old fashioned

(NS)

64.4

2.10

Dainty

.27

.68

Warm-hearted

(B)

61.7

3.77

Traditional

(NS)

61.7

2.24

Transvestites

.01

.59

Personality Traits

Soft-voices

.24

.58

Tough

78.3

1.98

Hairdressers

.23

.58

Masculine

75.7

2.01

Touchy

.23

.58

Unemotional

75.7

2.03

Limp wristed

-.11

.55

Cruel

66.1

2.17

Different

.23

.54

Prejudiced

65.2

2.23

Wear earrings

.22

.46

Hard-hearted

63.5

2.24

Gay activists

.10

.46

Artsy looking

.36

.45

Melodramatic

.44

.45

Touchy-feely

.40

.43

Engage in anal sex

-.03

.35

Have a lot of female friends

.22

.23

Individualistic

.18

.18

Note. (n=115). B=behaviors; PC=personal characteristics; N=neither behavior nor physical characteristic; NS =non-significant Chi Square. Percent indicates percentage of subjects who judged an attribute as very or somewhat characteristic of gay males for the stereotypic attributes and as very or somewhat uncharacteristic of gay males for the counterstereotypic attributes. Strength indicates how strongly subjects associated each attribute with gay males. Higher values indicate stronger associations. Personality traits refer to attributes from Gough and Heilbrun’s (1983) checklist. Positive qualities and violation of gender role refer to factor loadings on the first and second factors (i.e., subtypes), respectively.