This study examined the feeling of expectation experienced by female college students. Results indicated students felt a lack of concern on the part of faculty and administration. (EK)

To determine whether recently published reading material for children gives evidence of efforts on the part of book companies to eliminate sex-role stereotyping in publications, several studies of sexism in children's books were reviewed. A tendency to reduce sex bias was observed, but the problem is far from eliminated. (Author)

Most women avoid the conflict of dual family and occupational roles by avoiding demanding professional careers and by placing family responsibilities above occupational goals. This avoidance syndrome serves as a barrier that discourages women from entering or pursuing high status professions. (Author)

Purpose of the author's comments is threefold: assessing appropriateness of counseling process regarding culturally different clients; discussing several models of racism/sexism awareness training; addressing "recognition of real differences" counseling approach; and developing counseling model for culturally different persons/groups. (PD)

Questionnaire data and existing literature about women administrators reveal that women executives view themselves differently from the minority of women who held comparable positions a decade ago. A "new breed" of women has arisen to assume responsibilities of public colleges in the 1980s. (Author/BEF)

Advantages of guided fantasy as a counseling technique are presented. Emphasis is placed on the use of guided fantasies in the career counseling of women. Accounts of two fantasies, sex reversal and role stripping, are presented along with briefer descriptions of others. Suggested procedures for implementing fantasy experiences are discussed.…

Discusses how women, themselves, as well as societal factors cause women to be relegated to second-rate status in society. (EJT)

Students at the University of Florida were administered a survey to elicit student sex role attitudes. Significant differences in Greek and independent male responses on one subscale were found, indicating differences between the two groups in sex role attitudes. Significantly different means were found for Greek and independent females. (Author)

This study evaluates some aspects of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Subjects were 429 undergraduate students. Results indicate that students who participate in these courses do develop an awareness of women's and men's sex roles. (Author/HMV)

It is not only females who need to demand liberation from their restrictive, stereotyped roles--males, too, must be freed. They must be allowed to do "boyish" or "girlish" things as they choose. They must be encouraged to explore their possibilities to the fullest. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to determine if high school counselors exhibit vocational female/male sex role stereotyping of high school students in traditional occupational fields. No overt sex bias was found. (Author)

Women superintendents (N=82) provided information concerning their personal and career development. Results showed subjects reflected a more traditional orientation during childhood, youth, and early career development and appeared to have integrated masculine modes of behavior as they advanced to higher levels of authority and responsibility.…

Data indicated that the popular model of combining family with volunteer work instead of paid work which was presented to college women of 15 years ago by their parents has been replaced by more career-oriented expectations. (Author)

The sources of the role conflict differed significantly for men and women. Differences fell along traditional sex-role lines. In addition, females consistently reported higher role conflict and emotional distress than did males. A two-step process to assist reentry students in dealing with role conflict is presented. (Author)

Examined data from pre- and post-tests administered to undergraduate students to determine whether women's studies programs result in attitude change or if they serve to provide information and support. Results indicated that women's studies increase awareness but do not necessarily bring about commitment to social activism. (Author/RC)