by JessieBernard (Author)
One of the most important series of events in modern times--the restructuring of sex roles to adapt them to modern life--is here chronicled from the perspective of a lifetime of studying and writing about women. In this lively, lucid book Jessie Bernard examines, with concern and expertise, the dramatic changes in values experienced by women of all ages in all classes of society, and how these changes affect the options available to women today--as women, as wives, as mothers.
Bernard begins her five-part examination with a critical overview of research on sex differences, pointing out the sexism that is implicit in most of this research and suggesting what kinds of research should be done. She discusses the paradox involved in preparing girls for the most demanding of all roles--motherhood--by fostering weakness in them rather than strength. She writes of the ages and stages of motherhood and the momentous changes now in process in the roles of wife and mother, as more women combine labor force participation with marriage and motherhood. Bernard contrasts the positions of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century feminist movements with respect to class, and reports on the influence of the feminist movement on working class and African-American women.
The last part of the book tells of the bitter fruits of extreme sex role specialization, both for women and for society, and examines policy-relevant research on motherhood. Bernard explores the many new potentialities open to women, and, finally, the societal forms that will be necessary in order for women to plan their lives with wider latitude. Both the general reader and students of women's studies will be delighted and informed by Jessie Bernard's enlightening report on where women have been and where they are going in American society.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 314
Publisher: AldineTransaction
Published: 15 Feb 2009
ISBN 10: 0202362434
ISBN 13: 9780202362434
The vantage point from which one approaches a new book by Jewssie Bernard is, in a sense, already charted: her impressive corpus of publications on the situation of women provides a map of instant expectations for the reader (academic or otherwise), and, needless to say, the reader is not disappointed.
--Ann Oakley, American Journal of Sociology
As with her many other successful works Jessie Bernard has provided us with a thoughtful, suggestive collection of ideas and observations which challenge our conventional frameworks and asks us to begin working systematically in new directions. This collection of readings does this especially well with the whole question of the motherhood role and family organization and as such constitutes an original and significant contribution to social science.
--Mary Lindenstein Walshok, Contemporary Sociology
Bernard shows an impressive grasp of what is being written and said along with the sociological imagination to provide new and stimulating ways of putting it together.
--Joan Acker, Signs
The author has undertaken a comprehensive review both of the research, and the literature as well as contributing a wealth of material that she herself has written in the field of women's studies, all of which are done with insight and lucidity.
--Mildred W. Weil, The Family Coordinator
[P]rovide[s] a wealth of reference material.
--Joan N. Burstyn, The Journal of Higher Education
Jessie Bernard deals with values and options in her book, Women, Wives, Mothers... Bernard deals with the issues involved in sexrole research caustically and sometimes wittily... She argues persuasively for a concern with individual differences and against a position of moral superiority on the part of women... Documented here is her research into the stages of motherhood, into age and attitudes on feminist issues, and into employment status and earnings.
--Eugenia Shanklin, American Anthropologist
The vantage point from which one approaches a new book by Jewssie Bernard is, in a sense, already charted: her impressive corpus of publications on the situation of women provides a map of instant expectations for the reader (academic or otherwise), and, needless to say, the reader is not disappointed.
--Ann Oakley, American Journal of Sociology
As with her many other successful works Jessie Bernard has provided us with a thoughtful, suggestive collection of ideas and observations which challenge our conventional frameworks and asks us to begin working systematically in new directions. This collection of readings does this especially well with the whole question of the motherhood role and family organization and as such constitutes an original and significant contribution to social science.
--Mary Lindenstein Walshok, Contemporary Sociology
Bernard shows an impressive grasp of what is being written and said along with the sociological imagination to provide new and stimulating ways of putting it together.
--Joan Acker, Signs
The author has undertaken a comprehensive review both of the research, and the literature as well as contributing a wealth of material that she herself has written in the field of women's studies, all of which are done with insight and lucidity.
--Mildred W. Weil, The Family Coordinator
[P]rovide[s] a wealth of reference material.
--Joan N. Burstyn, The Journal of Higher Education
Jessie Bernard deals with values and options in her book, Women, Wives, Mothers... Bernard deals with the issues involved in sexrole research caustically and sometimes wittily... She argues persuasively for a concern with individual differences and against a position of moral superiority on the part of women... Documented here is her research into the stages of motherhood, into age and attitudes on feminist issues, and into employment status and earnings.
--Eugenia Shanklin, American Anthropologist
-The vantage point from which one approaches a new book by Jewssie Bernard is, in a sense, already charted: her impressive corpus of publications on the situation of women provides a map of instant expectations for the reader (academic or otherwise), and, needless to say, the reader is not disappointed.-
--Ann Oakley, American Journal of Sociology
-As with her many other successful works Jessie Bernard has provided us with a thoughtful, suggestive collection of ideas and observations which challenge our conventional frameworks and asks us to begin working systematically in new directions. This collection of readings does this especially well with the whole question of the motherhood role and family organization and as such constitutes an original and significant contribution to social science.-
--Mary Lindenstein Walshok, Contemporary Sociology
-Bernard shows an impressive grasp of what is being written and said along with the sociological imagination to provide new and stimulating ways of putting it together.-
--Joan Acker, Signs
-The author has undertaken a comprehensive review both of the research, and the literature as well as contributing a wealth of material that she herself has written in the field of women's studies, all of which are done with insight and lucidity.-
--Mildred W. Weil, The Family Coordinator
-[P]rovide[s] a wealth of reference material.-
--Joan N. Burstyn, The Journal of Higher Education
-Jessie Bernard deals with values and options in her book, Women, Wives, Mothers... Bernard deals with the issues involved in sexrole research caustically and sometimes wittily... She argues persuasively for a concern with individual differences and against a position of moral superiority on the part of women... Documented here is her research into the stages of motherhood, into age and attitudes on feminist issues, and into employment status and earnings.-
--Eugenia Shanklin, American Anthropologist
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