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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: 53-11561 AUTHOR: Smith, Carolyn B.; Borgers, Sherry B.
TITLE: Plato's Utopia is yet to come.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1974
JOURNAL: Vocational-Guidance-Quarterly; 1974 Dec Vol 23(2)
122-127
ABSTRACT: Compares the status of women and men in the US in
light of Plato's assertion that equality of nurture and
education are in the best interests of the state. Research
is cited showing that women do not have access to equal
education and opportunity, that they are able to commit
themselves and to be as productive as men, and that they do
not receive equal reward for their efforts. An examination
of the results of one large university's affirmative action
plan after 3 yrs revealed continued inequalities. It is
concluded that Plato's ideal state remains unrealized. (21
ref) (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1975 American
Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: PHILOSOPHIES-; CIVIL-RIGHTS-MOVEMENT;
HUMAN
FEMALES; WOMENS-LIBERATION-MOVEMENT; SOCIAL-EQUALITY
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