Influence of the Women's Liberation Movement on the Sex Role Development of Young Children

Abstract

This study is concerned with measuring the effects of a widespread movement to change existing social patterns. Specifically, the purpose is to identify whether or not members of the Women's Liberation Movement (feminists) are affecting socialization of young children toward development of sex role flexibility. A test of sex role preference for young children is used to identify changes in sex role development. Vicki Comer (1970) creatively describes the feminist view of sex roles for young children: cats and snails and puppy-dog tails outside with nature curious searching breathing, smelling, feeling alive sugar and spice and everything nice in the kitchen in a cupboard behind a closed door packaged, bottled, contained resting in a dark space to be added to be supportive never to be subject always waiting to be used