Stockard, Jean2024-06-032024-06-031980-09Stockard, J. (1980). Developing Attitudes Toward the Role of Women: A Comparison of Females and Males. Youth & Society, 12(1), 61-82. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X8001200105https://hdl.handle.net/1794/29492https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X800120010522 pagesIn recent years, researchers have examined changes in attitudes toward the role of women, both among adults (Mason et al., I 976; Erskine, 1971; Ferree, 1974) and among college students (Parelius, 1975) and adolescents (Bush et al., 1977). Some have compared the attitudes of men and women (Osmond and Martin, 1975; Steinmann and Fox, 1970); others have examined the relationship of attitudes to demographic variables such as employment status, educational attainment (Mason and Bumpass, 1975) and academic field of study (Bayer, 1975). Yet, attitudes toward women's roles begin to develop long before people enter the world of work. They are influenced by the expectations of parents, by a young person's relationship with his or her parents, as well as by experiences outside the parental family. This article explores the impact of these variables on attitudes toward the role of women.en-USCreative Commons BY-NC 4.0-USattitude developmentrole of womendemographic variablesArticle