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Sociology and History: A New Look at Their Relatioaships
Author(s) -
Means Richard L.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1962.tb00849.x
Subject(s) - wife , plea , affect (linguistics) , social stratification , stratification (seeds) , sociology , gender studies , social psychology , psychology , law , political science , social science , seed dormancy , botany , germination , communication , dormancy , biology
. The working wife as a factor in the determination of family status has been universally ignored by students of stratification. In this plea for investigation, it is suggested that the employment or married women could affect the system of stratification in the following ways: (1) making pos‐sible greater access to symbols of status; (2) implying that the husband has been unsuccessful in his own career; (3) identifying the wife with a particular occupation; and (4) identifying certain occupations with wives of high status.