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(p. 82). According to Skolnick (2007), “Black children are disproportionately likely to
live in single-parent families, a trend that has paralleled the increasing economic
difficulties of black men” (Trimberger, p. 86). Among whites, she believes that there is a
divide, attributed to the women’s education. She states that the higher numbers of white
women who are single mothers have less education, because there has been very little
change among women who have graduated from college.
Women’s Self Image
According to Jessie Bernard (1988),
When freed from the limits on them by their low self-image, women will be more
able to demonstrate the as yet uncultivated strengths they have to contribute to the
human enterprise. Fulfilling this potential is one the other goals of the Feminist
Enlightenment. (p. 266)
The question was raised if women who proclaim themselves as feminists feel
better about their lives. A study based on an online survey of 691 women addressed this
question. Yakushko (2007), who performed a study on women’s feminist selfidentification
and life functioning. Yakushko wrote that there are greater numbers of
women in the US who are embracing feminist values. The conclusion of the study was
that feminism has positive influence on women’s lives.
Women Gender Roles
In Gender Remembered: The Ghost of “Unisex” Past, Present, and Future, Joan
Peters (2005), the author, discusses the period from the late 1960s and early 1970s when