The present research examined the relationship between sex-role stereotyping and career goals of young women from a junior high and high school. Questionnaires administered include measures of attitudes toward women, careers, and goal orientation. Although most subjects (n = 57 of 91) chose careers within traditional sex-typed areas, there were differences between both career and sex-role attitudes of junior high and the high school females who selected non-traditional careers.
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