Notes that rhetoric can be translated into action only by individual nations. In the United States the year of the woman has generated pressure for change at many crucial points on the state and national level, and even for accomodations within many homes. (Author/AM)

Article discusses some of the laws pertaining to relationships between the sexes, and some of the sociocultural changes that seem to be taking place in this country and around the world. (Author/RK)

This article reviews studies dealing with the employment outcomes of females and males with disabilities and offers recommendations to special educators. It suggests that women with disabilities are dually disadvantaged in employment when gender interacts with disability. (Author/DB)

Examines the extent of gender differences in the incidence of and returns to promotions. Concludes that the returns to promotion are comparable for men and women, but that women are held to higher promotion standards than men and therefore receive fewer promotions than men with equal measured abilities. (NRJ)

In the last 20 years, an increase in the number of working women has been accompanied by changes in the female labor force and in the concentration of women in particular occupations and industries. These changes have a profound effect upon women's earnings. The Current Population Survey (CPS) shows a wide disparity in the median earnings of women…

Women in the social work profession, as in other fields, receive lower salaries than their male counterparts. A study comparing career characteristics of male and female graduates of a school of social work verified this conclusion and pointed to some ways in which the trend could be reversed. (Author)

Reviews evidence which suggests that the sexual division of labor and ideology of sex roles are not determined by biological constraints, but by the structural constraints of a given society. Discusses how the ideology of femininity, which evolved from the life-style of upper class White women, oppresses Black women. (Author/GC)

The study identifies characteristics of young women who, in their occupational choices, do not conform to the traditionally expected female role. Differences are examined in home and family background, personality characteristics, values and attitudes, educational achievement and aptitude, and educational experiences between those women who elect…

Examined in this study is the extent to which soldiers believe certain military jobs are "appropriate" for women and, in particular, the extent to which these beliefs are related to respondent sex, rank, and expectation of leaving the army before retirement. (Author)

Two prevailing images of women in the United States today are as a sexual object and as a servant. Most jobs capitalize on one or both of these images. Success in a career is inconsistent with woman's self-image. Appreciation for the shared goals of both sexes may result in change. (AG)

Characteristics of women physicians are determined primarily by their professional education, socialization into medical roles, and the organization of their practices. They more nearly resemble men physicians in professional attributes than they do other women in the population. Yet changes in admissions, curriculum, and rewards are necessary to…

Results of a decision-making simulation indicated that when subordinates were equitably paid, sex and strength of demand had no effect on the compensation decision. However, when subordinates were underpaid, sex and strength of demand significantly influenced the size of raises given to both male and female subordinates. (EB)

Female teaching professionals report experiencing less perceived participation in decision-making, less job involvement, less overall job satisfaction, and more job-related tension than do their male counterparts. (Author)

The process of educational, occupational, and income attainment of working women and men, both white and non-white, is compared here. The process and level of educational and occupational attainment is said to be identical for men and women, but women are said to earn less. (Author/AM)

Work has been seen as the central process that links individuals to industrial society and to each other. However, the actual study of work has proceeded along sex differentiated lines. Two case studies are examined to illustrate the ways in which job and gender models have distorted investigation and interpretation. (Author)