Male and Female Soldiers' Beliefs about the 'Appropriateness' of Various Jobs for Women in the Army

摘要

This research (1) documented the expanding role of women in the U.S. Army and (2) collected evidence regarding one aspect of the reaction which soldiers in 1974 may be viewed as having had to this expansion--specifically, the extent to which soldiers at that time believed certain jobs were 'appropriate' for women and the extent to which these beliefs were related to such things as military rank, sex, length of service, and expectation of leaving the army before retirement. To obtain data on the expanding role of women in the Army, we examined the appropriate Army records. To obtain data on soldier's beliefs about job appropriateness, we examined responses to 24 items from a larger set of items included in a questionnaire we administered in 1974 to approximately 800 male and female soldiers (both officers and enlisted) at three CONUS installations.