Author | : Maggie Mulqueen |
File Size | : 52,8 Mb |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 01 January 1992 |
ISBN | : 0791409511 |
Pages | : 236 pages |
On Our Own Terms by Maggie Mulqueen Book PDF Summary
By redefining current theories of competence motivation and sex-role identity, this work offers a powerful reconceptualiztion of what it means to be a competent woman in today's society. Analyses of case studies of competent women lead to a new theory that enables women to attain positive self-esteem based on internally desired and determined criteria. This new theory challenges prevailing theories of competence motivation and sex-role identity development that assume competence and femininity to be mutually exclusive.