Why women's status changes in the middle ages: the turns of the social ferris wheel

Sociological Symposium • Vol/Iss. 3 • Published In 1969 • Pages: 1-18 •

By Bart, Pauline B.

Abstract

This article focuses on the cross-cultural data comparing the relationship between changes in status and availability of important roles, with an emphasis on women. Cultural and structural aspects of society are examined to discover their relationship to the position of women after their child-bearing years.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
HRAF Collection of Ethnography (paper/fiche)	Researchers Own

Hypotheses (2)
Hypothesis	Supported
In patrilocal cultures, where the young bride dominated by a mother-in-law becomes, in middle age, a mother-in-law herself, will be positively associated with a shift in status (6)	`UNKNOWN`
The presence of a word for middle age (as distinguished from old age) will be positively associated with a higher status for women after menopause (6)	`UNKNOWN`

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Why women's status changes in the middle ages: the turns of the social ferris wheel

Sociological Symposium • Vol/Iss. 3 • Published In 1969 • Pages: 1-18 • Cite

By Bart, Pauline B.

Abstract

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Hypotheses (2)

Sociological Symposium • Vol/Iss. 3 • Published In 1969 • Pages: 1-18 •