This paper reports the results of a small-scale narrative study of men and women who grew up in mid-twentieth-century rural Wales, and their reminiscences regarding women and education. Although the dominant image of Wales during that era is that of a male-dominated society, all of our participants remembered influential independent women and…

Interviewed 50 women who chose a male-dominated career, the ministry, about career choice and professional development including role models and educational experiences. Findings indicated a complex interaction of sex and function of role models with age and sex-role orientation of subjects. (JAC)

A total of 126 elementary school girls from second, fourth and sixth grades in a semi-rural, working-class community were studied to determine their perceptions of female vocational roles. Maternal employment status and grade level affected subjects' views of women as possible entrants into male dominated vocations. (Author/ED)

Utilizing questionnaires, this study investigated the possible relationships among sex role ideology, sex role socialization experiences and motivation for parenthood. Subjects included 174 adopting (the traditional homemaker-mother role) and 126 dual-career parents. Adoptive subjects tended to express traditional sex role ideologies, while…

Data indicate that young women and men entering the Navy come from similar backgrounds and join for the same reasons: the desire to make something of their lives, to gain more education or training, and to travel and meet people. (Author/WI)

Reports on a research study which examines the extent to which early-life sex-role socialization leads women to pursue sex-typical careers. (RKM)

More than half of 225 college women who plan to combine marriage with a career anticipated no conflict between family and career. Author believes this attitude to be naive, and she states that both males and females need to be aware of the implications that two careers will have on their marriage and family responsibilities. (Editor/RK)

Investigates childhood and adolescent career aspirations of a sample of white, middle to upper class girls. In childhood, those aspiring to male-dominated careers were somewhat older and more tomboyish, had higher IQs and more educated parents. As adolescents they had higher educational aspirations, and were less likely to anticipate being married…

Women in nontraditional business roles were more achieving, emphasized production more, saw themselves as having characteristics more like managers, and considered the domestic role less important. The two groups did not differ in attitude toward the importance of their careers, or their perceptions of their husband's attitudes. (Author)

Advantages of guided fantasy as a counseling technique are presented. Emphasis is placed on the use of guided fantasies in the career counseling of women. Accounts of two fantasies, sex reversal and role stripping, are presented along with briefer descriptions of others. Suggested procedures for implementing fantasy experiences are discussed.…

In a series of studies, women exhibiting the motive to avoid success were generally career-oriented but aspired to traditional female occupations. Women not exhibiting this motive were more likely to choose atraditional female occupations. Maternal employment patterns, personality variables, and self concept also differed in the two groups.…

Explored the relationships among childhood activities, masculine and feminine characteristics, and career choices among career women and homemakers. Results indicated that childhood participation in sex-typed activities is associated with the adult personality characteristics of masculinity and femininity and adult role choices. (Author/BL)

Examined the relationship between daughters' (N=64) and mothers' (N=64) sex-role attitudes and career orientations. Both groups completed the Sex Role Attitudes Inventory. Results indicated mothers and daughters shared similar sex-role attitudes, but daughters were more career-oriented. Women employed part time held more feminist attitudes than…

Reviews literature concerning women who choose nontraditional occupations. Discusses female career choice in general, and describes characteristics and traits of the nontraditionalistic woman, including personality, motivational and background traits. Discusses the effects of federal antidiscrimination legislation and current trends in women's…

Studies adequacy of the theory of work adjustment for explaining homemaker and career orientation in women. Situational factors such as age, marital status, and education are important determinants. Career-oriented women had stronger needs for autonomy and good work conditions. Homemaker-oriented women had stronger needs for altruism. (JAC)