Gay men and women have many challenges in the workplace. Some are similar; some are different. Chung and Harmon (1994) suggest that gay men are more likely to be interested in traditionally feminine careers than straight men, although they found that masculinity/femininity was not a predictor (as determined by BSRI). Adams et al (2005) did not ( Read more... )

Many of the studies that study gender take sex-role into account, and measure a subject's "masculinity" or "femininity" using a psychological tool called the "Bem Sex Role Inventory." (BSRI) The inventory was created by Sandra Ruth Lipsitz Bem (currently at Cornell) in 1976. Generally, it is a set of up to 60 personality characteristics which ( Read more... )