DESCRIPTORS Elman, Judith; And Others

Males ' and females ' conceptions of ideal men and women in relation to their perceptions of sex-role sterotypes and their self-concepts were investigated. The following hypotheses were supported by the results obtained: (1) ideal males and females are seen as more similar than typical males and females (p<.01); and (2) one's self-concent is closer to his corresponding sex-role sterotvne than to the sox-role iital; one's ideal self in more similar to the sex-role ideal than to the sex-role stereotyoe (p<.111). The findings showed that individuals are content with neither the sex-roles nor with the rolative position of self with respect to the sex-roles as they are perceived to exist at present. (author) Wt PAM1.411110 TiltAlTIA. EDUCATIONWWAR