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It was hypothesized that feminists would evaluate male-and femaledefined traits differently than would nonfeminists and that feminists would rate fewer traits as descriptive of only one sex. Undergraduates rated a set of adjectives for appropriateness t o men and women, and for social desirability. Dempewolff's (1973) Feminism II Scale was given to dichotomize the sample into feminists and nonfeminists. The feminists 0361-6843/80/16OO-O186$00.95 0 1980 Human Sciences Press