Sex Role Orientation and Leisure

Sex roles and explanations of leisure behaviour

“…A high proportion of female athletes and PhD scientists are masculine or androgynous (Myers and Lips, 1978;Spence and Helmreich, 1978). Sex-role identity measures have been used only recently in studies of leisure behaviour (Gentry and Doering, 1979;Colley et al, unpublished findings;Colley and Smith, unpublished findings). These studies have found more sex differences than sex-role identity differences, but have encountered problems in interpretation.…”

A comparison of women's and men's leisure time: Subtle effects of the double day

“…Although we realized that the specific leisure activities in which men and women choose to engage are different (Gentry & Doering, 1979), in this study we were interested in the distinction between domestic and nondomestic leisure time and overall leisure time. That is, we were interested primarily in determining what personal and household characteristics affect the time men and women spend on leisure activities and whether there are gender differences in the effects.…”

Gender differences in leisure-need activity patterns

“…To date, it has been well established that there are gender differences in leisure preferences (e.g., Gentry & Doering, 1979;Gurber, 1980) and participation (Bishop & Witt, 1970;Ragheb, 1980), and these gender differences may be related to personality (Kleiber & Hemmer, 1981). In general, studies of leisure-need patterns have demonstrated that participation in various activities is related to the need fulfillment capabilities of these activities (Becker, 1976;Tinsley, Barrett, & Kass, 1977).…”