This dissertation explores the newly theorized concept of "sexualized aggression" in U.S. college women's social drinking spaces (e.g., parties, bars, clubs). I developed the concept of sexualized aggression to refer to understudied and overlooked forms of sexual assault and aggression--more specifically, sexual assault that happens in…

Israel's Bedouin population, an ethnic minority, has a higher incidence of deafness than that reported in the literature, but is not studied sufficiently. A patriarchal and collective society, in recent years it has undergone accelerated change spurred by Israel's urbanization policy. Deaf women are an inseparable part of Bedouin society, but they…

Objective: The current study aimed to compare endorsement of the muscular- and thin-ideals alone, as well as simultaneous endorsement of both as representative of the fit-ideal and examine potential negative correlates of each type of ideal internalization. Participants: Participants were 300 female undergraduate students. Methods: Participants…

Although male rape is being reported more often than before, the majority of rape victims continue to be women. Rape myths--false beliefs used mainly to shift the blame of rape from perpetrators to victims--are also prevalent in today's society and in many ways contribute toward the pervasiveness of rape. Despite this, there has been limited…

The current study explored the attitudes that single, Korean, female college students have toward multiple role planning. Cluster groups among the participants were identified by their scores on the Korean language version (Yang, 1997) of the Attitudes Toward Multiple Role Planning (ATMRP; Weitzman, 1992) measure, and significant differences in…

Through exploring the lived experiences of disabled women, this study investigates how physical and social barriers affect their social relationships. In-depth tape-recorded interviews investigating a variety of social and interpersonal issues were conducted with 24 women with physical or visual impairments who lived in a rural region of the…

The value of Women's Liberation is debated by Dr. Cynthia Epstein and Dr. Lionel Tiger. Dr. Tiger concludes that Women's Liberation will create an enormous gap between consciousness and actual opportunities for performance, but Dr. Epstein maintains that it is attitudes that set the boundaries of what is possible. (Author/CG)

Article discusses Plato's hypothesis that men and women would be of equal value in the Greek state if given equal education. This hypothesis is tested against current conditions for women. (Author)

Examined role of informal social response by having involuntarily childless women (N=71) detail their perceptions of societal beliefs about adoption concerning the importance of the biological tie for bonding and love; the unknown genetic past of adopted children and the view that adoptive parents are not "real" parents. Discusses how…

In a search for an empirical data base appropriate to women's careers, the supposition that men's views play an important although often unrecognized part in the careers women choose was supported. Women may be influenced by what they believe men think is appropriate female behavior. (Author)

Counselor responses to 25 attitudinal questions about women and work were analyzed, revealing more positive than negative attitudes but some ambivalence. (Author)

This paper describes attitudes toward welfare among a sample of three hundred black and three hundred white women. Besides welfare, four correlative scales tapped political conservatism, antiblack attitudes, authoritarianism, and alienation. Among the correlative attitudes, antiwelfare whites held antiblack and often politically conservative…

A sex-role stereotype questionnaire was administered to 67 females who were either (a) consistent users of contraceptives, (b) inconsistent users, (c) nonusers, or (d) virgins. No differences were found between the four groups for the feminine items; however, significant differences were obtained for the masculine items. (Author)

Surveys the importance of women, actual and potential, to environmental problems, and suggests some solutions to women-related dilemmas both in terms of present and future roles. (Author/JR)

Degree of belief in rape myths as determined by participant gender, attitudes about the role of women in contemporary society, and factual knowledge of rape was investigated in a sample of 118 male and 126 female college students. The results support the general assumption that a rape ideology exists which involves components of belief in rape…