This article presents a very positive example of how counseling psychologists can respond to the personal problems of women, once they accept the need for women to develop new skills. (Author)

Although there is ample reason to expect a gradual increase in numbers and a slow but steady expansion of assignment, there is little reason to believe that the all-volunteer army will be recruiting the most militant'' younger women. (Author)

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

Reviews two inflexible characterizations found in the literature, and argues for the superiority of a third conception now gaining currency. It is then shown how the third characterization helps to understand blacks and women. (DM)

Author believes that students are rejecting stereotyped views of sex roles because they find them inappropriate to contemporary life. The current college generation hopes to achieve greater overlap in the spheres of activity reserved for men and women. (Author/CB)

Data from recent study of dual profession couples on the woman's desire for an egalitarian family, her career orientation, and her perception of discrimination are used to support the "tolerance of domestication" thesis. (Author)

The findings suggest that when asked what they would like to do now or immediately after college, most freshmen and sophomore women seem to prefer activities that differ from their actual plans for the future. This sample is probably representative of most freshmen and sophomore women who are anxious to assert their individuality and who desire…

The results of the study show that a potential area of conflict exists for young adults regarding the career involvement of the wife. College women preferred a career and marriage rather than either alone, while college men preferred that their wives not work after the birth of children. (BY)

Examines the black female's role in U.S. society, particularly with regard to working outside the home, and argues that one cannot understand what African American women are today without having a historical perspective for what their ancestors and their ancestors' roles, functions, and responsibilities were. An Afrocentric perspective is…

This paper emphasizes the crucial exchange between the future of women and the future of adolescent girls who are presumably trying to become successful women. In order to discuss the issues involved in helping young adults, this paper focuses on four themes: (1) adolescent girls and their mothers are confused about what adolescent roles are…

This paper examines the negative stereotypes so long foisted on witty women and the move of contemporary witty women writers into a comic vision beyond the imposed connection of female wit to sly cleverness and witchcraft. To illustrate how the woman writer had to cope with a prejudice against and a fear of her wit, the paper considers three…