An article was written sometime in the sixties or seventies (I think)
and one of the authors was Fabrikant (or something like that).  They
interviewed nurses (or health care workers or something) and found
that the list of traits corresponding to a healthy man and healthy
human being were identical, while the traints of a healthy woman were
the opposite.  I want to know the excact citation of that article and
where I can order a copy of it on the web.  And also that article was
discussed in a Science News article sometime between 1983 and 1986.  I
want to know the exact cite for that article and where I can order it
from the web as well.  Perhaps the person researching the matter could
copy and send (by snailmail or regular mail) the articles.  I would
pay extra for that, above what I have specified for the research.

Hello.

You're almost certainly referring to a landmark 1970 study of mental
health workers in which the workers considered the traits
corresponding to a "healthy man" and "healthy adult" to be identical,
while the traits of a healthy woman were vastly different.

The citation for the study is:

Broverman, I.K., Broverman, D.M., Clarkson, F.E. Rosencrantz, P.S. &
Vogel, S.R. (1970). Sex-role stereotypes and clinical judgements of
mental health. Journal of Counselling and Clinical Psychology, 34(1),
1-7.

sources:

"For example, Broverman, Broverman, Clarkson, Rosenkrantz, & Vogel
(1970) demonstrated that practicing clinicians' concepts of a healthy
man did not differ from their concepts of a healthy adult, gender
unspecified. However, their concepts of a healthy woman did differ
significantly from their concepts of the ideal adult (male) standard
of health. In other words, for these clinicians, the healthy male was
synonymous with the healthy adult; the healthy female was something
different (Broverman et al., 1970)."
source:   Sex Roles: A Journal of Research 
Hsted by findarticles.com
 http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m2294/n5-6_v38/20749195/p1/article.jhtml



"Broverman, Broverman, Clarkson, Rosenkrantz, & Vogel (1970)
investigated the extent to which counselors and other mental health
workers held stereotypic sex-role attitudes. The results of this, now
classic, study reflect stereotypic views of men and women and equate
the characteristics of a mentally healthy adult with those of a
healthy male, implying very different standards of mental health for
women and men."
source: ERIC Digest
http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed304627.html

"These judgements reflected traditional sex-role stereotypes; and,
what was judged to be a healthy ideal for an adult (sex unspecified)
was more similar to a healthy man than a healthy woman (Broverman,
Broverman, Clarkson, Rosencrantz, & Vogel, 1970). Broverman et al
(1970) argued that while it may not have seemed important that
judgments of mental health were parallel with stereotypical sex roles
for men and women, it was important in light of the "powerful negative
assessment of women" revealed by the content of the traits identified
(Broverman et al, 1970, p.4)."
source: "The Influence of Second Wave Feminism on Applied Psychology"
by Shona Cekelis hosted by Simon Fraser University:
http://www.sfu.ca/~wwwpsyb/issues/1998/spring/cekelis.htm

A document delivery service called Inforetrieve can get you just about
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checked their list of journals and they list the Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology. Call them at 1-800-422-4633, or visit their
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http://www.inforetrieve.com
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search strategy:
"healthy man", "same as a healthy", "healthy woman"
"healthy man", synonymous, "healthy woman", different

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 15 Sep 2003 13:23 PDT

I pasted the citation from Cekelis' article, and I now see that it had
slight error:

The journal is the called the Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology (NOT "... Counseling and Clinical...").

Here is the correct citation:

Broverman, I.K., Broverman, D.M., Clarkson, F.E. Rosencrantz, P.S. &
Vogel, S.R. (1970). Sex-role stereotypes and clinical judgements of
mental health. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 34(1),
1-7.