The Influence of Family Background and Other Experiences on the Sex Role Related Attitudes of Male and Female Late Adolescents and Young Adults
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Date
1977-09
Authors
Stockard, Jean
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Publisher
University of Oregon
Abstract
In recent years a number of authors (e.g. Osmond and Martin, 1975; Steinmann and Fox, 1970) have compared the attitudes of men and women toward the nature of appropriate sex roles. A few studies have also examined the association of traditional and non-traditional attitudes toward the role of women with various family related and demographic variables. However, there have been few systematic attempts to compare the influence of various background and experiential variables on the development of sex role related attitudes of both males and females. Such an analysis is necessary if we are to begin to understand how people develop less stereotyped or more equalitarian attitudes toward the roles of women. Significant social change cannot occur if we only examine the development of women's attitudes, and so, in this paper, we explore influences on the sex role related attitudes of both men and women.
Description
44 pages. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association.
Keywords
sex-role attitudes, family background, working mother, non-traditional sex roles, non-traditional career choice