| Sumario: | Three hundred and twenty six working couples in India, differing in terms of wives' professional status (career vs. non-career) and belonging to two socio-cultural settings (traditional vs. non-traditional) were compared with respect to their attitudes towards women in paid labour and their sex-role perceptions. It was expected that career women and their spouses, and those belonging to a less traditional socio-cultural setting, would have a more positive attitude and more non-traditional sex-role perceptions compared to their counterparts. Wives' career status positively influenced couples' attitudes. However, sex-roles continued to be perceived along traditional lines highlighting men in the provider role and women in the homemaker role. Findings suggest that women's career status fails to be used as resource mainly because working couples in India have so far not been successful in overcoming the traditional values and norms governing gender roles. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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