Striepe Meg I, Tolman Deborah L
Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2003 Dec;32(4):523-30. doi: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3204_4.
Little attention has been given to how femininity and masculinity ideologies impact sexual-identity development. Differentiating violations of conventional femininity and masculinity ideologies as part of an overt process of sexual-identity development in sexual-minority adolescents suggested the possibility of a parallel process among heterosexual adolescents. Based on feminist theory and analysis of heterosexual adolescents narratives about relationships, the importance of negotiating femininity and masculinity ideologies as part of sexual-identity development for all adolescents is described.
