Women in administration must begin to seek out and provide opportunities for other women through inservice programming and intern experiences. They must accept the responsibility to recommend and recruit capable women whenever input is solicited and to speak up with recommendations when it is not. (Author)

Discusses various factors which affect sexual identity in boys and girls: orientation of curriculum and classroom activities; presence of competitive sports; and sex-role stereotypes in textbooks. Also discusses how societal changes, such as employment and educational attainment of women and decreased family size, are affecting former sex roles.…

Investigated male and female officers' attitudes toward women employed as correctional officers in a male penitentiary. Confirmed the hypothesis, that men enact the social responsibility norm in the presence of women, and that women find the social responsibility norm groundless. Suggests expansion of women's limited correctional role. (Author)

Clarifies major issues of women's employment by means of a self-administered, true-false questionnaire. Issues considered are sex differences in employment and earnings, occupational segregation, women's participation in the work force, unemployment and women, social change, and myths and misconceptions surrounding women and employment. Answers…

A discussion of the changes needed as a result of the rapid increase in women entering, or desiring to enter, the labor force. Areas covered are women's educational and job placement needs, socioeconomic influences, and the need to "unstereotype" technical training and career counseling for female students and to "unstereotype" male and female…

A survey of 253 female and 235 male college freshmen showed that (1) males disagreed more that women can combine scientific careers and family; (2) females agreed less that scientists are asocial; (3) females rated people-related work values more highly; and (4) males intending to study science anticipated greater difficulties for women attempting…

Objective: The aim of this review was to evaluate research relating to the role of gender in the level of workplace stress. A further aim was to review literature relating to stressors of particular relevance to working women. These stressors included, multiple roles, lack of career progress and discrimination and stereotyping. Design: Systematic…

This paper explores the question of why some beginning teachers terminate employment in the first 2 years and others do not. The investigation will be conceptually organized around the concepts presented in Becker and Carper's theoretical framework (1956). They identify four elements that beckon and retain individuals in an occupation: (1)…

Although women's roles in America had previously been confined to home and family, women in the 1960's began to look for professional fulfillment outside the home. A recent survey of 300 midlife Boston women reveals that women who are married, have children, and are in prestigious positions have the greatest sense of well-being. The women's…

Presents facts and figures disputing many of the traditional sex stereotypes of working women. (WM)

Describes efforts to overcome the stereotype of the scientist and attract more women into the field. Efforts include extended counseling for freshmen science majors, a role models course for freshmen women, orientation sessions for high school students, and slide-tape presentations to prove outdated stereotypes wrong. (GS)

A common assumption is that women do not aspire to become public school administrators, but a two-part study in Oregon on women who have actively pursued careers in public school administration contradicts this supposition. The data were collected from questionnaire responses and in-depth interviews. The typical female aspirant in Oregon possesses…

Until recently there has been little research interest in the possible impact of sex on leadership. Both general leadership research and the more recent materials on women who are leaders concentrated upon three areas of leadership--personality, style, and power--with the subordinate reactions they elicit. Traditionally, women have been viewed by…

A study of working women was conducted to test the hypothesis that prior sex-role attitudes influence subsequent labor force behavior which, in turn, affects later sex-role attitudes. Separate data were collected for younger (ages 14-24) and older women from the National Longitudinal Surveys during the period of 1967-1972. Findings revealed that…

Current television programs create an image of modern woman that is vastly different from the real modern woman as she is reflected in social statistics. Today's average woman can be described as follows: 30 years old, possibly single, employed outside the home, independent and self reliant, sophisticated in tastes and expectations, and concerned…