This author is best known for her 1998 book "Domestic Tranquility: A Brief Against Feminism," in which she defended a woman's right to choose the role of homemaker, despite feminists' depiction of this role as parasitic and inferior. In this article, Graglia revisits these themes, and explains why she feels that many of the attributes of the…

This paper presents a survey of the available research on the counseling of women. It incorporates the findings of a sample of women's indications about their needs, goals, attitudes, and where they received or failed to receive counseling in the educational-vocational decision-making process. The writers found that the empirical research tends to…

Analysis of the life history of a rural woman who left home to pursue an urban career yields insights into the ways in which home and memories of home can support women's career development over the lifespan and prepare them for the emotional and financial difficulties of transition. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

Discusses the status of women in contemporary Japan. Describes their role as mothers and homemakers, the obstacles they face in maintaining developing careers, and the discrimination they face in a patriarchal society. (Author/ABB)

In an empirical investigation, 40 female students were studied at various stages of adolescent development. The study revealed that the girls' lack of realistic vocational planning should be attributed to their failure to acknowledge the potential for conflict between the vocational and the housewife/mother career choices. (JN)

This report, which presents the results of a study of the effect on young people's lives by early family formation and especially entry into parenthood, is based on the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, a large national survey that has tracked over 22,000 young people who are now in their mid-twenties. Following a…

Summarizes the responses of (N=131) adult women to a questionnaire survey of their experiences and activities in homemaking, parenting, volunteer work, recreation, formal and nonformal education, and paid work. Results showed that reentry women have had a wide variety of life experiences through which they have developed job-related skills.…

Tested differences in women's career decisions, contrasting need importance scores of 481 college graduate women of 1968. Results indicated homemakers scored highest on security-safety and social needs, while professional and clerical workers scored highest on the esteem need. Self-actualization was the highest-ranked need for all women.…

Discusses the development of a measure for enabling counselors and educators to identify and help women experiencing inhibiting or depressing levels of conflict. Describes a study using discriminant analysis to compare the relative importance of activity, affect, and event variables for women majoring in traditional careers and those majoring in…

A longitudinal study examined the career and lifestyle determinants of 201 gifted women who became homemakers, career-focused, or both homemakers and career-focused. A ten-year follow-up questionnaire collected data for (1) determining existing differences in parental influence, impact of education, career determinants, self-perceptions and…

A study was conducted to determine the employment and training needs of rehabilitation homemaker paraprofessionals in North Dakota on the basis of program development. A survey instrument was developed from a review of the literature and input from a panel of advisors, and administered to 15 supervisors and 27 paraprofessionals at agencies that…

A study examined psychological and contextual influences on the courses of Australian women's lives and careers. Data were obtained from two sources: (1) the Career Development Project (CDP), a longitudinal study of 3,000 Australian men and women who were selected from an initial sample of 17-year-olds in 1973 and whose educational and career…