Women's+and+Men's+Attitudes

Simon, R., & Landis, J. (1989). WOMEN'S AND MEN'S ATTITUDES ABOUT A WOMAN'S PLACE AND ROLE. Public Opinion Quarterly, 53(2), 265-276. Retrieved from Communication & Mass Media Complete database.


 * Abstract:** "The poll data assembled in this article focus on women's and men's responses to issues that affect women's lives in direct and often immediate ways. The first set of polls compares male and female attitudes about married women working outside their homes. From 1938 to 1972, the beginning of the contemporary women's movement, support for the participation of married women in the nondomestic labor market drastically increased among both women and men. As the women's movement gained momentum, and the two-income family became an economic necessity for the attainment of middle-class status, approval of married women working outside the home steadily increased from 1972 to 1984. Related to the issue of married women working outside their homes is the question of women's rate of pay. Beginning in 1942, polls find widespread support for equal pay among men and women, and since 1962, the differences between men's and women's views have almost disappeared. Apparently, this pervasive support of equal pay for equal work has rendered pay discrimination against women a nonissue in the national polls, as items addressing it fail to appear subsequent to 1977. Responses to items about women in the workforce belie the image that women perceive themselves as victims of discrimination and arbitrary treatment".
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Why this article is relevant: This article is relevant to our study as it looks at issues and how men and women feel about them. Our representative from CARE was interested in men's perspectives on women issues and this article compares how men and women feel differently. **