Growing up and growing older / Jane Handly ; interviewed by Sylvia Maguita Pepper.
Jane Handly, author of Why Women Worry, discusses the psychological reasons for women to take on nurturing roles at an increasing rate as they grow older. This self-perception often leads to anxiety and other psychological and physical problems, as well as neglect of the woman's own future for the sake of helping others around her. She also examines the advertising ideal of womanhood, the phsychological differences between men and women, and ways for women to avoid these pitfalls.|GROWING UP AND GROWING OLDER / Jane Handly| interviewed by Sylvia Maguite Pepper. Jane Handly, author of "Why Women Worry," discusses the psychological reasons for women to take on nurturing roles at an increasing rate as they grow odler. This self-perception often leads to anxiety and other psychological and physical problems, as well as neglect of the woman's own future for the sake of helping others around her. She also examines the advertising ideal of womanhood, the phsycholgical differences between men and women, and ways for women to avoid these pitfalls. BROADCAST: KPFK, 8 Nov. 1990.