296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
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One of the most important series of events in modern times--the restructuring of sex roles to adapt them to modern life--is here chronicled from the perspective of a lifetime of studying and writing about women. In this lively, lucid book Jessie Bernard examines, with concern and expertise, the dramatic changes in values experienced by women of all ages in all classes of society, and how these... Read more
Introduction; I: Sex Differences; One: Research on Sex Differences: An Overview of the State of the Art; II: Young Women; Two: A Developmental Paradox; Three: Sex-Role Transcendence and Sex-Role Transcenders; Four: Adolescence and Socialization for Motherhood; III: Mothers in Transition; Five: Ages and Stages of Motherhood; Six: Middle Motherhood; Seven: Late Motherhood; IV: Age, Class, Race; Eight: Age and Attitudes on Feminist Issues; Nine: Class and Feminist Issues; Ten: The Impact of Sexism and Racisnt on Employment Status and Earnings; V: The Wider Scene; Eleven: The litter Fruits of Extreme Sex-Mole Specialization; Twelve: Policy-Relevant Research on Motherhood: The State of the Art; Thirteen: New Societal Forms
Biography
George W. Bonham
