Gender-Related Attributions and the Gay or Lesbian Label.

Mitchell, Robert W.; Phipps, Billy R.; Voignier, Delight; Henson, Cheryl; Ellis, Alan L.

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ERIC Number: EJ629025

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Publication Date: 2001

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Gender-Related Attributions and the Gay or Lesbian Label.

Mitchell, Robert W.; Phipps, Billy R.; Voignier, Delight; Henson, Cheryl; Ellis, Alan L.

Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, v40 n1 p74-81 Spr 2001

Examines how attributions of gender are influenced by whether a person self-labels, labels another, or is labeled by another as gay or lesbian. Labeling heightened the labeler's gender-typical attributions and being labeled produced the reverse pattern. Gay self-labeling resulted in intermediate ratings, whereas lesbian self-labeling dramatically increased femininity. (Contains 22 references.) (GCP)

Descriptors: Femininity, Gender Issues, Homosexuality, Identification (Psychology), Labeling (of Persons), Lesbianism, Masculinity, Self Concept, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special Section: "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling." For related articles, see CG 557 139-144.