Title: Beyond sugar and spice : how women grow, learn, and thrive /
Authors: Rivers, Caryl.; Barnett, Rosalind C.; Baruch, Grace K.,; Barnett, Rosalind C.; Baruch, Grace K.
Publisher: Putnam,
Year: 1979
Subjects: Girls.; Child rearing; Women Socialization.; Women education; Women psychology; Social Behavior
Abstract: A study of the forces that shape women today.
Contents: Introduction: growing up competent -- Fathers and daughters: out of the shadow -- Fathers and daughters: the magic white knight (and others) -- Mothers and daughters: how will my life affect my daughter's? -- Games: the playing fields of childhood -- The sporting life: the second baseperson is here to stay -- Achievement: stamping out smother love -- Adolescence: to hear a different drummer -- Adolescence: Prince Charming revisited -- Sexuality ad conflict -- School days: the pedagogical harem -- Life choices: the traditional role -- Life choices: women at work -- Alternate patterns: staking out new territory.