Abstract
In every society, members respond publicly in a different way to the deaths of males and females. However, relevant studies have focused only on a few obvious indicators of such responses, using obituaries published for brief time periods. Recognizing these limitations, differences by sex and changes over time in several indicators of public responses after death were hypothesized and tested by content analyzing a sample of 1923 death notices from three newspapers published in Birmingham, Alabama, between 1900 and 1985. Analyses provided more support for variations and changes in statements about rather than actions for the dead. A major conclusion was that other researchers have inadvertently strengthened a biased view of societal responses to the deaths of males and females.
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