Dilemmas of Masculinity A Study of College

First Published in 1976, Dilemmas of Masculinity takes a rare look at the immediate impact on masculinity of the women's movement. The book is informed by research carried out during 1969-1970, when Mirra Komarovsky was teaching Sociology at Barnard College. It offers a unique insight into the early impact of the women's movement on college-aged men.

Mirra Komarovsky was professor emeritus of sociology at Barnard College and past president of the American Sociological Association.

Tables

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Series Editor's Introduction

xv

Introduction

1

(9)

Images of Femininity and Masculinity: Beliefs, Norms, and Preferences

10

(34)

Beliefs about Feminine and Masculine Personality Traits

Ideals of Femininity and Masculinity

Are Some College Majors Unfeminine?

The Wage-Earning Wife of a Student-Husband

Working Wives and Working Mothers

Relationships with Women: Intellectual Aspects

44

(16)

Current Dating Status: An Overview

Intellectual Companionship with Women

The Troubled Men: Intellectual Rivalry with Women

The Adjusted Majority

Do Women Still Play Down Their Intellectual Ability on Dates?

Sex in the Life of College Males

60

(47)

The Dominant Ethic and Some Alternative Norms

Moral Censure of Premarital Sex as a Source of Guilt

Moral Censure of Premarital Sex as a Source of Strain in Relation to Parents and the Community

Modus Vivendi

Anxiety over Sexual Performance with Experienced Partners

Jealousy of Former Lovers of the Mate

Anxiety over Pregnancy

The Double and the Single Standards

Guilt over Exploitation of Women

Infidelity, Guilt, and Jealousy in Ongoing Affairs

Affairs and the Question of Marriage

The Young Marrieds, the Engaged, and the Committed

Sex in the Life of College Males: The Virgins

107

(20)

The Virgins and Their Self-Feeling

Relationships with Women

Relationships with Male Friends

Who Are the Virgins?

Conclusion

Power and Emotional Relationships with Women

127

(30)

The Failure to Live Up to the Ideal of Masculine Strength: The Extent and Varieties of Strain

Avoidance of Women as a Defense against Strain

The Search for a Stronger and Supportive Mate

Mistrust of Women as an Obstacle in the Search for Support

The Search for a Weaker Mate: ``A Relationship I Can Handle''

A Portrait of an Equalitarian Couple

Religious Affiliation and Parent-Child Relations as Factors in Strain

Ideal Norms and Cognitive Beliefs as Factors in Strain

Psychological Tests of the Troubled and the Adjusted Men

Conclusion

Intimacy and Isolation: A Study of Self-Disclosure

157

(25)

Method

An Overview of Self-Disclosure to Six Role Partners

The Female Friend as the Preferred Confidante

The Exceptions: The Favored Confidant Other Than the Female Friend

Communication with Parents

Father's Education as a Factor in Self-Disclosure

Religious Affiliation and Race as Factors in Self-Disclosure

Psychological Profiles of Low and High Disclosers

Conclusion

The Sons Judge Their Parents

182

(25)

An Overview of Parental Relationships

Fathers and Sons: The Sons' Dissatisfactions

The Case against the Mothers

The Struggle for Independence

The Future: Occupational Plans, The Draft, and Politics

207

(15)

The Occupational Future

The Draft

The Role of the Citizen

A Theoretical Summary

222

(25)

A Review of Areas of Stress

Modes of Role Strain

Religion, Father's Education, and Parent-Child Relationships as Factors in Strain

The Uses of Psychological Tests

Afterword: The Author's Envoi

247

(12)

Bibliography

259

(8)

Index

267

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