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Feminism and Self-Concept in Working-Class Adolescent Girls
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Feminism and Self-Concept in Working-Class Adolescent Girls
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The authors set out to explore the association between self-concept, delinquency, and perception of the feminine role in Anglophone working-class adolescent girls, circa 1971. Working on the assumption that delinquent girls have a "low self-image related to being female," the authors chose two sample groups, drawn from the same population of working-class adolescent girls, to question relating to “self-concept” and “feminism” variables. One sample group, designated "delinquent," was comprised of 29 residents of the Girls Cottage School in St. Bruno, Quebec, and the second, "non-delinquent" sample comprised of 26 students from the High School of Montreal. The authors found that there was no apparent association demonstrated by the two groups between the variables of self-concept and feminism. They found, however, that the "delinquent" sample had a lower self-concept than the "non-delinquent" sample, and this difference was statistically significant. The authors concluded that the adolescent girls in their study seemed to have firmly held traditional values around the maternal role. On the other hand, the girls expressed the expectation of a work role, subordinate to their wife-mother role, but extending beyond marriage.
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Master's Research Report
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McGill University
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Montreal
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1971
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vi-73p.
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en
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Fitzgerald, Pauline, and Cerise Morris. “Feminism and Self-Concept in Working-Class Adolescent Girls.” Master’s Research Report, McGill University, 1971. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/papers/8g84ms128?locale=en.
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