Men's and women's attributions of male and female traits to the ingroup and outgroup

In two experiments using the minimal group paradigm, subjects had to descri be an ingroup member and an outgroup member on the BSRI. Although the targe ts were not categorized by sex, the results showed that the typical ingroup member was described by men as having more male traits and by women as hav ing more female tr nits. They also showed that the lesser worth of outgroup members was associated for men with fewer male and female traits, whereas for women it was mainly associated with fewer female traits. Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.