A new study on female transsexuals and
lesbians is reported. A matched-group comparison of 15 women in each sample
suggests that the two groups do not differ in overall intelligence, although
lesbians, unlike female transsexuals, tended to have a significantly higher
verbal IQ than performance IQ.
Both groups showed a similar response
pattern on the Embedded Figures Test but differed on the Draw-A-Person Test,
The Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, and the Bem Androgyny Scale.
Whereas the female transsexual group
reflected a more rigid gender role stereotype, the lesbians saw their
options as more androgynous.
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