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Peer reviewedLieberson, Stanley; Dumais, Susan; Baumann, Shyon – American Journal of Sociology, 2000
Examines trends in the use of androgynous names, investigating data for all white births in Illinois from 1916-1989. States that there are two plausible expectations about their growth: (1) the rise of feminist movement suggests that androgynous names would increase; and (2) cross-cultural research indicates that first names frequently designate…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Cross Cultural Studies, Feminism, Gender Issues
