Children's occupational interests and their perceptions of the divergent occupational successes of women and men reflect cultural gender norms. Since language is a vehicle for transporting gender cues and gender norms, we tested the premise that children's perceptions of stereotypically male jobs can be influenced by the linguistic form used to…

The study examines the career decision-making of Swiss academic high school students opting for a career in a non-traditional, gender-typed area of work during the transition to higher education. Based on a longitudinal study, a qualitative study with 11 female students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and 13 male student…

A study was conducted to examine the effects on young women of reading about nontraditional role models in the sciences and engineering, and discussing various aspects of participating in science and engineering careers with a trained instructor. Subjects for the study were 153 female students enrolled in advanced, elective science courses (10th…

Investigated effects of perceived job availability for women and sex role orientation on college women's evaluations of highly prestigious male-dominated occupations. Subjects wanted to pursue occupations with good job availability for women and expected the most intellectual stimulation and approval from others as a result of pursuing these…

The Attitudes toward Women Scale and the Occupational Check List were administered to 24 gifted eleventh and twelfth graders and 36 gifted ninth graders. Main effects were found for age and sex with older students and females having less traditional attitudes about careers and sex roles. (Author/DB)

Student attitudes toward men and women successful in occupations traditionally associated with the other gender were studied through ratings of a hypothetical stimulus person. Results with 230 undergraduates found that they expected deviation from occupational gender types to be personally costly for women but not for men. (SLD)

An in-class survey of a sample of 345 (266 male and 79 female) college students enrolled in agriculture classes at a midwestern university was taken to determine whether different socialization patterns played a role in their decision to enroll in agricultural education. The survey included questions on attitudes toward men and women in society,…

Describes the factors that act as barriers to women pursuing nontraditional occupations, as well as counselor skills than can help overcome these barriers. Discusses the results from two studies of counselors and students to enhance understanding of attitudes toward nontraditional occupations and people who enter them. (LLL)

This study examined gender roles and career orientation among 126 male and 126 female fourth through sixth grade gifted students. The Children's Sex Role Test was used to assess masculinity, femininity, and androgyny. While results showed more gender appropriate scores for males than females, overall more boys than girls were classified as…

High school students rated males and females in traditional and nontraditional occupations on six personality traits: ambition, effectiveness, emotionality, intelligence, responsibility, and traditionality. Results revealed more occupational stereotypes than sex role stereotypes. (Author/MJL)

Examines the relationship among sex-role attitudes, curriculum choice, and levels of educational and occupational aspirations and expectations of college students enrolled in home economics and agricultural curriculums. Results show that sex-role ideology is only weakly associated with curriculum choice but is related to career ambitions for…

A study of 142 children (Grades K-1) indicated that those whose mothers were currently employed chose a greater number of occupations and more masculine-oriented occupations, than did children of nonemployed mothers. Girls whose mothers had selected nontraditional fields also tended to aspire to less sex-traditional careers. (Author/KH)

Preservice teachers' attitudes toward the roles of women in society and their knowledge about women and the world of work were examined. Three groups each consisting of 30 undergraduate education students majoring in early childhood education, elementary education, and secondary education were surveyed. Questionnaire responses were analyzed to…

A study examined the extent to which college students differentially evaluated women in traditional, nontraditional, and unspecified occupations. It also investigated whether sex-role identification was a variable moderating the attitudes of students toward the kinds of occupations women selected. The Situational Attitude Scale for Women in…

Neither vocational education programs nor the presence of nontraditional students had any significant impact on students' attitudes toward sex roles in the work world, according to a study of 1215 students in vocational programs at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Institute (WITI) at Rice Lake. Most of the 840 male and 375 female students surveyed…