TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - "...and a Japanese wife." Social structural antecedents of women's role values in Japan
JO  - Sex roles
A1  - Schooler, Carmi
A1  - Smith, Karen C.
SP  - 23
EP  - 41
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - Japanese women were asked to rank the relative importance they place on the role of wife, mother, woman, and person as well as the relative importance they believe their husbands place on similar male roles. Also asked were questions on the qualities of a good wife, the tone of interpersonal relationships with husbands, and the division of household responsibilities. Findings support the hypothesis that social structural variables related to environmental complexity result in an emphasis on individuality. Furthermore, although the Japanese wife's uncomplaining acceptance of household chores and responsibilities appears to make her fit the stereotype of the selfless domestic desirous of filling her husband's every wish, she seems to be more a disinterested than a willing servant, her husband being nowhere as important a factor in her social and psychological existence as are her children.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0360-0025
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00288374
ID  - ref1
ER  -