Feminine Gender Role Stress Scale

Sex differences in cardiovascular reactivity: Effects of the gender relevance of the stressor.

“…Men appraise challenges to intellectual, physical, occupational, or sexual abilities and to situations requiring emotional expressiveness or subordination to women as more stressful than do women (Eisler & Skidmore, 1987). Conversely, women appraise chal lenges to nurturing ability, evaluation of physical appearance, situations calling for detachment in intimate relationships or assertiveness, and situations involving possible victimization as more stressful (Gillespie & Eisler, 1991). Although men more frequently show greater CVR than women, the majority of stressors employed in the CVR literature appear to be masculine stressors (e.g., cognitive achievement, psychomotor skill, and physical performance/endurance tests).…”