Reports that children between the ages of two and a half and eight made a significant distinction between "male" and "female" occupations, with the extent of the distinction increasing with age level. Discusses the implications of this for career decisions and aspirations. (Author/ST)

In this study, the situational nature of female sex roles and the degree of consensus among women concerning female sex roles is examined in social and work situations. (Author/WI)

Parental modeling and reinforcement antecedents of masculine, feminine, androgynous, and undifferentiated sex role orientations were tested for a group of college men and women. (Author)

A study of 83 women confirms the hypothesis that voluntarily childless women are less traditional in sex-role orientation than either delays (currently childless subjects who plan to have children in the future) or parents (subjects with one child under the age of two). (CJM)

Children's perceived differences between mothers and fathers, and their perceived roles were examined in several countries. In all groups, mothers are seen as predominantly concerned with domestic duties, while fathers are seen as occupying positions of higher status and playing authority/leadership roles in the family. (AOS)

Observation of role-playing behavior in 16 four-year-old children in same-sex paired interactions revealed: (1) a differential perception of male, female, parental, and conjugal roles, particularly in terms of competence; (2) accuracy, depth, and breadth of sex role portrayals; and (3) preference for same-sex role play. (Author/GC)

After listening to songs with male dominant/female subordinant, female dominant/male subordinant, and neutral lyrics, children recalled more content when the dominant song character was of the child's sex. Boys preferred male to female characters, while girls expressed no preferences. Boys and girls generally wanted to be like the subordinant…

A battery of questionnaires administered to 121 male and female high school freshmen, college freshmen, and college seniors provided evidence that the greater role conflict experienced by females fosters earlier relativistic and/or dialectical reasoning and more differentiated role articulation regarding family and career issues. (DM)

The author derives and cross-culturally tests the implications of four theories that may help explain men's fear of sex with women. The cross-cultural evidence is generally consistent with the four theories. A tentative causal model is presented to account for the results. (Author/MC)

A study was conducted to determine the relationship between the amount of time children spend watching television and their knowledge of adult sex stereotypes. Males and females in grades 1, 3, 5, and 7 made up the study population. Heavy viewers were found to have more stereotyped perceptions than light viewers. (Author/GC)

This article explores some of the major influences affecting the development of female sex-role identity and the psychological and social consequences of this deveopment during childhood and adolescence. (Author/EB)

The purpose of this study was to assess perception of stimulus persons in sex-appropriate, sex-inappropriate, and neutral occupations, using the sexual dimension of the occupations, the sex of the person-in-occupation, and the sex of the perceiver as independent variables. (Author)

It is hypothesized that in traditional African society the roles of men and women were different but less unequal than the norm adopted by the colonial authorities and the rulers of independent Africa. However, at the village level, perceptions about correct sex roles have not changed greatly. (Author/MC)

In a sample of 4,035 men and women from a 1963 high school cohort, sex differences in role patterning were found in the timing, ordering, and continuity of educational, occupational, marital, and procreational roles. However, differences in role patterns explained only a small portion of sex differences in occupational attainment. (Author/GC)

Stereotypes about sex roles and achievement settings were investigated by examining stories written by college males and females. The characters of the stories, "John" and "Anne," were placed in either a neutral setting or in medical school. Anne was rated more feminine than John in the neutral setting but equally masculine as a medical student.…