Abstract Butch women have been characterized as traditionally masculine in their personality and femme women as traditionally feminine. ... Participants will complete a questionnaire that includes sexual identity questions and the sociosexuality inventory. ... Past research has also suggest that butch lesbians have overall more masculine tendencies and attitudes, as well as higher levels of testosterone than their femme lesbian counterpart. ... Following that they will complete the Butch and Feminine Identity Measure. ... Measures Butch and Feminine Identity Measure. ...

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A person's identity is often determined by outside factors whether it is environment, rebellion, belief, or freedom of choice. ... The environment you grow in has strong affects on your identity, as seen in the cases of Jayanthi and Claudia. ... There is a reoccurring theme of environmental surroundings and cultural surroundings affecting ones identity as seen in all three cases. ... She wants sex but does not allow herself to be her true sense of self - her identity. ... Many of the things discussed with her patients lead to prove theories that identity is a causation of actions throug...

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Other cultures view sex as a raw pleasure activity while our society has elevated it to the expression of a person's identity and moral code. ... He allows his masculine pride and insecurity about his sexuality to ruin his relationship with Alyssa, which was full of love and potential. ... The stereotypical view of a homosexual would not be good role model because he would be viewed as weak and perhaps not masculine. ... The sexual identities of the characters also show us the movie's position on how women and men are evaluated differently based on sexual behavior. ... For example,...

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In the writing piece, " 'Dude, You're a Fag': Adolescent Masculinity and the Fag Discourse, ''by C.J Pascoe, University of California, The abstract of the article argues American adolescent boys become masculine through the continual repudiation of a 'fag'identity. ... Morris used the term "faggot" because of the identity and the appearance of Prince. Because he chooses to where the fancy clothes and his mannerisms aren't macho man masculine he is called a faggot. ... Pascoe also say, "But becoming a fag has as much to do with failing at...

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Sex Hormones, Gender Differences, and Behavior Abstract Behavior is intricately woven of genetics, environment, and hormones. The interplay of the nervous and endocrine systems and the influence of sex hormones on behavior are examined here in depth. Hormones are intimately tied to sex characteristics and to behavior. The behavioral implications of the presence or lack of certain hormones at critical periods of development is explored. Hormonal influence on female cycles, reproduction, nursing, sexual behavior and sex differences are also examined. ...

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"The urgency script portrayed virginity loss as not only a highly enjoyable activity but as necessary to affirm a gendered identity as a sexually sought-after individual" (Kelly, 482) Kelly is saying that the teens in films that are a part of the urgency script are hypersexual. ... From what I have observed in movies and television today, there are another set of masculine and feminine gender scripts that are portrayed in movies and TV shows (especially in comedies), which are the hopeless nerd (usually for males) and the cute but not sexually interested in best friend (often female...

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