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Limitations of investigation
· Samples (videos) were too small to be accurate· I excluded the Gujrati / Patois speaking participants as I did not have the skills or the resources to include them in my investigation. · Samples (videos) were too small to be accurate
· When I used the BSRI to verify the results of my content analysis, I assumed that respondents kept their androgynous traits to this day! This seems to be a safe assumption, since a gender schema is, by definition, resistant to change. It would take a crisis – such as the settlement experience – to disrupt such a schema. Furthermore, Bem says that androgynous behaviour favours the survival of the individual by making him/her more adaptable.

Suggestions for improvement of investigation
· Larger samples to make my investigation a representative sample· Use different participants at different locations (out of the West Midlands)

Suggestions for further research

· To study a variety of people from various ethnic groups
· To take account of participants age, nationality, profession and language spoken.