Today, many women are ignoring traditional gender-role stereotypes in achieving their life goals. (Editor)

The author surveyed the attitudes of 1,551 North Carolinians toward sexual discrimination and nontraditional work roles. Sixty-three percent of all respondents thought that women had not been treated equally with men in being allowed to earn enough money to support themselves independently. Women were significantly different than men in their…

Describes a study in which 512 college seniors were surveyed to see if members of one sex would implicitly stereotype by sex to a greater degree than the other. Questions concerned job/home conflicts and selection and promotion. Results indicated that men and women are equally guilty of sex stereotyping, which works against women in the workplace.…

Preintegration attitudes and expectations of 1,936 men and 346 women assigned to six Navy ships were measured before the women reported aboard, through the administration of gender-specific versions of the "Navy in Transition" questionnaire. An additional 483 men assigned to a ship not scheduled for integration completed the…

Model for looking at the position of women in librarianship and other female-intensive professions consists of three parts: needs of emerging progressive or welfare state with its ever-growing list of activities; prevailing gender system in progressive America; and adjustments required to accommodate tensions between the first two. Forty-four…

In order to delineate what kind of image of women has emerged on televsion programs, the author reviewed first-run serialized television crime dramas for the 1976-77 season. He examines the consequences of this stereotyping on the status of women. (Author/RK)

Author recounted her own search for identity and looked at some of the cultural forces that have shaped her personal and professional life. (Editor/RK)

The five speeches in this publication were presented in 1978 at the 63rd annual meeting of the National Council of Administrative Women in Education. Men and women whose speeches appear here touch on key issues involved in the struggle for sexual equality in management jobs. They focus on a new women's network that is gaining popularity as an…

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)

In 1978, eleventh graders were asked to respond to stereotypic statements about sex roles and working women and to sex-type common occupations. Responses were compared to those of a 1973 study by Frye and Dietz. Results indicated that stereotypic attitudes had decreased over the years, especially in males. (SJL)

A scale designed to tap into a new type of gender prejudice, called neosexist beliefs, is proposed. Investigated antecedents and consequences of neosexism. Tested predictive model and the effects of neosexism and collective interest as related to Affirmative Action (AA). Found support for AA program and evaluations of women's qualifications were…

Compares female clients of a state rehabilitation agency with male clients of the same agency according to selected demographic, case service, and rehabilitation outcome variables. Female clients are found to be underrepresented as rehabilitation applicants although they have a higher rate of acceptance for services and successful case closure.…

Case studies provide evidence as to why Third World employers generally prefer male workers and consider certain jobs to be more suitable for men, and other jobs, much less numerous, to be more suitable for women. The authors also draw a number of distinctions between stereotype and fact. (Author/CT)

Analyzed responses of male and female managers (N=360). Found female personal characteristics and work environment had little negative impact on initial movement of women into management or their promotion. Suggests agency selection and recruitment practices may have a negative impact on promotion of women. (Author/RC)

The following hypotheses were tested and confirmed: (1) there is no difference between women and men in their perceptions of job dimensions; (2) a positive relationship exists between job dimensions and the affective work outcomes for men and women; and (3) job dimensions predict affective work outcomes in a similar manner for men and women.…