Women, Wives, Mothers: Values and Options

Abstract

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Sex Differences -- One Research on Sex Differences: An Overview of the State of the Art -- Part II Young Women -- Two A Developmental Paradox -- Three Sex-Role Transcendence and Sex-Role Transcenders -- Four Adolescence and Socialization for Motherhood -- Part III Mothers in Transition -- Five Ages and Stages of Motherhood -- Six Middle Motherhood -- Seven Late Motherhood -- Part IV Age, Class, Race -- Eight Age and Attitudes on Feminist Issues -- Nine Class and Feminist Issues -- Ten The Impact of Sexism and Racisnt on Employment Status and Earnings -- Part V The Wider Scene -- Eleven The litter Fruits of Extreme Sex-Mole Specialization -- Twelve Policy-Relevant Research on Motherhood: The State of the Art -- Thirteen New Societal Forms -- Index