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In this study we explored the effects of respondent gender and the specific gender combination (i.e., cross- and same-gender dyads) on perceptions of a sexual encounter between a teacher and an adolescent student. Respondents (120 male and 120 female undergraduates) read a brief scenario and answered questions about their perceptions of the encounter. Significant interactions emerged between teacher gender and student gender. For example, the male teacher/male student dyad was viewed as the least normative, and the female teacher/male student dyad was perceived as the most normative. Significant interactions also were found between teacher gender and respondent gender. Results generally were consistent with gender role stereotypes.
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Dollar, K.M., Perry, A.R., Fromuth, M.E. et al. Influence of Gender Roles on Perceptions of Teacher/Adolescent Student Sexual Relations. Sex Roles 50, 91–101 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SERS.0000011075.91908.98
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