Racial Differences in Men's Attitudes about Women's Gender Roles

This article investigates three aspects of male gender role development, using linked mother-son files from the young men and mature women cohorts of the National Longitudinal Surveys from the mid-1960s to 1981. The three aspects are: (a) race differences between African American and White men'...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 1995-02, Vol.57 (1), p.21-30
Main Authors: Blee, Kathleen M., Tickamyer, Ann R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
African Americans
Attitude Change
Attitudes
Black White Differences
Blacks
Employed Women
Employment
Gender and Family
Gender roles
Higher Education
Life Cycle
Life Events
Males
Masculinity
Men
Mothers
National Longitudinal Survey Labor Market Ex
Parent Influence
Parent-child relations
Parental Influence
Race
Racial Differences
Racial differentiation
Sex Role
Sex Role Attitudes
Sexes
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Sons
United States of America
White people
Whites
Wives
Woman social status. Women's emancipation
Women
Womens Roles
Working women
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Summary:This article investigates three aspects of male gender role development, using linked mother-son files from the young men and mature women cohorts of the National Longitudinal Surveys from the mid-1960s to 1981. The three aspects are: (a) race differences between African American and White men's attitudes about women's gender roles, (b) changes in gender role attitudes across time, and (c) maternal and life course influences on gender role attitudes. Our findings indicate that African American and White men differ in their attitudes about women's gender roles, that men's beliefs change across time, and that individual status and life course processes influence these attitudes of men. However, we do not find maternal influence on adult sons' attitudes.
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.2307/353813