REVISITING UNIVERSITY-STUDENT GENDER-ROLE PERCEPTIONS

Gender role perceptions of five objects-Ideal Woman Ideal Man, Most Wo men, Most Men and Self-were elicited from 3300 university students, 81 % of whom were Caucasian, with 7% Hispanic, 6% African-American, and 4 % Asian. Profiles of student responses for the five objects provided a comprehensive updating of 1970s research on student gender roles. Wom en (N = 1842) and men (N = 1148) students generally preferred an andro gynous Ideal Woman. Women also preferred an androgynous Ideal Man, but men preferred a masculine sex-typed Ideal Man. Women and men's percep tions of Most Women and Men continued to be sex-typed Men's self perce ptions were androgynous, while women saw themselves as feminine sex-ty ped. Findings suggest that little change in students' gender role perc eptions has occurred in the past 15 years.