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Sexism in Parenting Manuals
DeFrain, John D.
Family Coordinator, 26, 3, 245-251, Jul 77
Parental roles, as delineated in many of the popular parenting manuals on the market, are reviewed and assessed. It is concluded that the vast majority of authors of child-rearing guides implicity or explicitly endorse the traditional roles of father as the dominant breadwinner and mother as the nurturant caretaker. (Author)
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