
ERIC Number: EJ545314
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Coercive Invitations: How Young Women in School Make Sense of Mothering and Waged Labor.
McLaren, Arlene Tigar
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v17 n3 p279-98 Sep 1996
Explores the tension felt by young Canadian women between the desire for domesticity and the aspiration for economic independence. This tension is exacerbated by the dual messages sent by societal institutions (primarily school and the media) as well as economic and social change. (MJP)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Cultural Influences, Decision Making, Employment, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Planning, Family Work Relationship, Females, Foreign Countries, Mothers, Postsecondary Education, Self Actualization, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Social Control, Social Influences, Socialization, Working Class
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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