Considers the comments of young people twelve and under in a survey about sex role perceptions during the 1970s, emphasizing the responses of girls. (RB)

Presents an annotated list of fifteen books for adolescent females in the elementary grades. (RB)

The author discusses the results of a seminar for middle-aged women who intend to return to college. The focus is on problems of readjustment. (RWP)

New efforts in career education focus largely upon the idea of work, and its multiple and related forms, without indicating an awareness that sexist prejudices still pervade the entire curriculum and are subtly reflected in the attitudes of the school personnel. (Author/CB)

Interview with Miss Marcia Saunders, principal of Regina High School for girls in Hyattsville, Md., and Associate Member of NCEA's regional board for secondary education (Editor/CB)

The purdah system limits a woman's mobility outside her home. In the present paper, special emphasis is placed on the influence of purdah observance and values on women's participation in modern occupations. Medicine and teaching are found to be the most important high prestige occupations. (Author)

Examines sexism in written and oral language and recommends twelve steps to avoid sexist attitudes in the use of both kinds of communication. (DA)

Examined egalitarian spouse roles in relation to marital satisfaction of wives among intergenerationally linked Puerto Rican families. Results revealed that, in each generation of wives, marital satisfaction was associated with egalitarian spouse roles. (Author/NB)

Surveyed male correctional officers at four correctional facilities concerning their attitudes toward their role as correctional officers and corrections in general. Respondents (n=178) gave their attitudes toward working with women as correctional officers. Significantly related to "pro-women" attitudes were quality of working relationship with…

In the good old days, the state that is Nebraska was identified as part of the Great American Desert. In many ways, in climate and terrain, it still bears a resemblance to a desert. As a frontier or a land of pioneers, it deserves recognition. Invisibility may be one of the greatest challenges women face. One of the great flaws in the writing of…

In an examination of aspirations for leadership in the United States and Spain, male and female students envisioned themselves as a chief executive officer, vice president, or mid-level manager in an industry with a feminine image (clothing manufacturing) or a masculine image (auto manufacturing). Although men and women perceived these roles as…

The traditional female stereotype described norms for women in that the characteristics were deemed to be "appropriate" for all women. Recent research described three role-based subcategories of women (housewife, professional woman, sex object) which are based on the female homemaking, work, or romantic roles respectively. The subcategories…

This article analyzed reputation and social identity as a prelimenary understanding of the adolescent girl's social world. (Author/RK)