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Science 19 November 1976:
Vol. 194. no. 4267, pp. 859 - 860
DOI: 10.1126/science.194.4267.859
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Carrying Behavior in Humans: Analysis of Sex Differences

DONALD A. JENNI 1 and MARY A. JENNI 2

1 Department of Zoology, University of Montana, Missoula 59801
2 Department of Psychology, University of Montana

Behavioral differences between the sexes include methods of carrying books. Females clasp books against their chests; males carry them at their sides. In kindergarten and the first grade, both sexes carry like mature males. Sex-typical carrying appears before adolescence. Behavioral differences seem to be primarily a consequence of morphological differences and social modeling.

Submitted on May 11, 1976
Revised on July 27, 1976

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