The theory of male bias states that for various social, political, and historical reasons, men and male experience are used as the standard for the culture (Bem, 1993). The present study tested the theory of male bias by examining the applicability of research from the 1970s, which found that health care professionals exhibited sex bias in conceptualizing clinical functioning (Broverman, Broverman, Clarkson, Rosenkrantz, & Vogel, 1970). The purpose of the study was to investigate whether questionnaire format (forced-choice or Likert) would affect participants' responses to Broverman et al.'s Stereotype Questionnaire and to question our heavy reliance on research that was conducted more than 30 years ago. In this study, 121 undergraduate nursing students completed self-report questionnaire packets. Not only were Broverman et al.'s results not replicated when presented in the forced-choice or Likert formats, but participants also exhibited a much wider range of behavioural representations of health. These findings call into question the current applicability and relevance of Broverman et al.'s theory of male bias. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]