The Study of Sex Roles

Gender Differences in Environmental Concern: Reevaluating Gender Socialization

“…Sociologists also point out that a dichotomized view of gender norms ignores their wide-ranging variability in social life (Hanlon 2012) and maintain that there is no single sex-based set of gender norms with which all men and all women engage. Instead, there are multiple and even contrasting gender norms and roles that individuals are exposed to and adopt over their life course (see Angrist 1969), resulting in diverse views about gender among men and women (e.g., Cooper 2000;Hanlon 2012). Thus, a compounding issue, insofar as how gender socialization may influence environmental concern, is that scholars focus on an ethic of care and neglect other potentially influential forms of value orientations.…”

Battered Women: A Developmental Life‐Career Counseling Perspective

“…In addition, this approach has particular relevance for women with traditiona. values who have selected homemaking as their primary occupational choice (Angrist, 1969;Dellas & Gaier, 1975;Douvan, 1970;Ginsberg, 1966). In the current social, economic, and cultural environment, women frequently develop negative self-images, especially in regard to achievement (Horner, 1972).…”

Coping styles and factors in male/female social intergration

“…Her 1966 study found that among working mothers, marriage, but not work, had been explicitly anticipated. Her longitudinal research on the role aspirations of college women also showed that women's occupational preferences and the strength of those preferences vacillated radically throughout the college years ( Angrist (1969)). Hypothesizing that women are trained to maintain flexibility, Angrist concluded that preparing for and adjusting to contingencies is built into female sex role socialization.…”