Age and Sex in the Social Structure of the United States
American Sociological ReviewPublished 1 October 1942
Talcott Parsons
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Points of interest. Male, female, and youth cultures in our society. Significance of the swell guy and glamor girl. The isolation of old age in America. German versus American youth cultures. Adult male specialization versus the common human values of youth. The domestic, the glamorous, and the good-companion roles of women. Are sex roles becoming more alike or unlike? Sex roles and the difficulty of maintaining companionship in modern marriage. [Ed.]
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