Masculinity and femininity : the taboo dimension of national cultures / Geert Hofstede with Willem A. Arrindell [and others].

Author/creator Hofstede, Geert
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1998.
Descriptionxviii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Sex role--Cross-cultural studies.
Masculinity--Cross-cultural studies.
Femininity--Cross-cultural studies.

SeriesCross-cultural psychology series ; v. 3
Cross-cultural psychology series ; v. 3. ^A387902
Contents Masculinity/femininity as a dimension of culture / Geert Hofstede -- Validating the masculinity/femininity dimension on elites from 19 countries / Michael H. Hoppe -- Femininity and subjective well-being / Willem A. Arrindell -- Masculinity/femininity and consumer behavior / Marieke de Mooij -- The cultural construction of gender / Geert Hofstede -- Masculinity and femininity in the self and ideal self descriptions of university students in 14 countries / Deborah L. Best and John E. Williams -- Gender role gaps, competitiveness, and temperature / Evert Van de Vliert -- Why children play : American versus Dutch boys and girls / Jacques H.A. Van Rossum -- Femininity shock : American students in the Netherlands / Mieke Vunderink and Gert Hofstede -- Comparative studies of sexual behavior : sex as achievement or as relationship? / Geert Hofstede -- The importance of femininity in explaining cross-national differences in secularization / Johan Verweij -- Religion, masculinity, and sex / Geert Hofstede.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and indexes.
LCCN 98009074
ISBN076191028X (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN0761910298 (pbk. : acid-free paper)