In the Hofstede's Model of Cultural Differentiation, the masculinity-femininity dimension describes the relative trade-off between:
A) a pure vs. a mixed environment
B) a dependent vs. an independent environment
C) an assertive vs. a supportive environment
D) a sympathetic vs. a unsympathetic environment
E) a boring vs. a colorful environment

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The masculinity-femininity dimension in Hofstede's Model of Cultural Differentiation refers to the distribution of roles between the genders which is another fundamental issue for any society to which a range of solutions are found. The IBM studies revealed that (a) women's values differ less among societies than men's values; (b) men's values from one country to another contain a dimension from very assertive and competitive and maximally different from women's values on the one side, to modest and caring and similar to women's values on the other. The assertive pole has been called 'masculine' and the modest, caring pole 'feminine'. The women in feminine countries have the same modest, caring values as the men; in the masculine countries they are somewhat assertive and competitive, but not as much as the men, so that these countries show a gap between men's values and women's values.

In the Hofstede's Model of Cultural Differentiation, the Masculinity-Femininity Dimension