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- Title
Gender Displays in Portrait Photographs.
- Authors
Ragan, Janet Mills
- Abstract
Following the research of Goffman (1976) and Henley (1977) on sex differences in nonverbal behavior, 1,296 portrait photographs from high school and university yearbooks and from the media files of a university were analyzed for sex differences. Females smiled with a significantly greater frequency and expansiveness than males and head canted significantly more than males. Results supporting the hypothesis that males would face the camera more directly than females failed to reach the acceptable significance level. The prediction that persons working in opposite-sex roles would deintensify their gender displays failed to gain support.
- Subjects
SEXUAL psychology; SEX differences (Biology); GENDER differences (Psychology); ANDROGYNY (Psychology); GENDER identity; SCHOOL yearbooks; PORTRAIT photography; GENDER role; SEXISM
- Publication
Sex Roles, 1982, Vol 8, Issue 1, p33
- ISSN
0360-0025
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00287672