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Early Adolescent Attitudes toward Sex Roles

Janice L. Streitmatter

University of Arizona

Rafaela M. Santa Cruz

San Diego State University

Michelle Ellis-Schwabe

University of Arizona

In today's American society, both men and women are occupying roles which at one time were considered the exclusive domain of either just men or just women. Recognizing this trend, one begins to ask, do middle school/junior high students hold attitudes about sex roles which reflect the trend of less traditional perceptions of what men and women should or should not do, or do they hold traditional views of these roles?

A questionnaire asked 2149 students about male and female roles. The results found that the male respondents' perceptions were more traditional than female perceptions. When boys and girls were grouped, a general trend showed that each older age and grade category was more conservative than the next younger group. Finally, the students enrolled in more traditional schools with grade configurations of K-8 and 7-9 held conservative views while the early adolescents in middle schools with grade configurations of 5-8 and 6-8 held the least traditional views.

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 4, No. 3, 231-238 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431684043007
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