Differences between heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women in recalled childhood experiences
@article{Phillips1995DifferencesBH, title={Differences between heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women in recalled childhood experiences}, author={G. Phillips and R. Over}, journal={Archives of Sexual Behavior}, year={1995}, volume={24}, pages={1-20} }
Heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women recalled the extent to which they had engaged in gender conforming (female-stereotypic) behaviors and gender nonconforming (male-stereotypic) behaviors in childhood. Heterosexual women were more likely to recall having had female-stereotypic experiences as children, whereas lesbian women often recalled a childhood characterized by male-stereotypic experiences. Multiple discriminant function allowed the heterosexual women in the sample to be… CONTINUE READING
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