This research is a qualitative study that explores the gender role ideology of Black and White men between the ages of 18-30. The study found that both groups are moving toward egalitarianism on different pathways. The pathways illustrate the effect of racial identity on gender role ideology. White respondents had a progressive egalitarianism which stemmed from ideas reflected individualism, secularization, and the identification with the grand narrative of the United States. Their respondents also reflected postmodern ideas. Overall their ideas reflect larger White racial identity and shows an overlap between the progressive understanding of modernity and with postmodernist ideas of non-deterministic definitions. Black respondents had a collaborative egalitarianism which stemmed from historical racial and economic deprivation. Subsequently, Blacks gender role ideology illustrates collaboration and communal interdependence between of Black men and women, and the Black church. Blacks tended to view things from a social perspective that was often reactionary. Overall, their ideas reflected the larger Black racial identity which emphasizes collaboration between men and women and a reliance on community based institutions like the Black church.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500185 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Strong, Myron |
| Contributors | Yancey, George A., 1962-, Keating, AnaLouise, Lawson, Erma Jean, Moore, Ami R. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 141 pages : illustrations, Text |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | Public, Strong, Myron, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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