Describes some of the problems facing girls growing up and making career decisions in today's society. Suggests some ways in which the counselor can bring both positive and negative aspects of differing role patterns to the attention of these girls. (Author/HMV)

Two hypotheses, that young subjects would express more positive attitudes toward women's right to self determination than older subjects and that more women than men would do so, were supported by the author's research reported in this article. (Author/HMV)

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)

In an earlier study done at a conservative campus, co-eds with high self-esteem were sexually conservative. The present investigation predicts that the nature of the permissiveness/self-esteem relationship is dependent on cultural norms. (Author)

Challenging Horner but following Berger and Luckmann, "female motive to avoid success" is interpreted as a normative response to social deviancy. Previous studies of this "motive" have analyzed male S's response to male success at activities typified for males but female S's response to female success at activities non-typified for females. This…

This document, which discusses the image of librarians in 20th century murder mysteries, suggests that the image initially evolved from an elitist spirit that was the result of the missionary zeal and cultural superiority of early librarians, and that the image of the old maid librarian was probably based on the reality that early women college…

Examines relationships between women and their environments in terms of access, design, and control. Raises questions associated with this topic, draws attention to existing work and gaps in it, provides a broad organizing framework for the area, and proposes the use of action research to initiate change in "women's environments." (MA)

In both the U.S. and the United Kingdom women academics are concentrated in certain subject fields. The causes of the different behavior and interests of men and women academics are likely to be a function both of cultural definitions of male and female roles in the wider society, and institutional factors associated with educational systems both…

Gender schematicity may be distinct from the quality of being sextyped or of endorsing societal values. Gender schematicity refers to the contents of a map or blueprint of what societal expectations regarding sex roles include. Bem explains that individuals who are gender schematic will spontaneously evaluate information using gender as a…

The stereotype of women athletes in college is predominantly positive rather than negative. In one study, female athletes were seen to be strong, strong-willed, leaders, brave and healthy. In the second study, women were judged to be significantly more attractive when the interviewer was male, and males gave significantly higher ratings than…

Experimental research on social perceptions of rape victims has been conducted within the framework of two different models. The first, a naive observer model, is oriented toward how the average person perceives a rape victim and how her character and aspects of her behavior affect these perceptions. The second, a jury process model, is directed…

Females responded more quickly to an infant's crying when they thought the infant was a girl than when they thought it was a boy. Males responded equally slowly, whether they thought the infant was a boy or a girl. (Author/MJL)

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…