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| | Paths to egalitarian gender attitudes differ |
 | | Among forerunners, or people who foreshadow the easing of traditional gender attitudes, men must grow up in a nontraditional household to become forerunners, but women develop forerunner attitudes through later life education and work experiences, researchers say. |
| | "Forerunners are opinion leaders, who are far ahead of members of both the previous generation and their own generation," explains Dr. Scott Myers, assistant professor of sociology at Washington State University. |
| | Because forerunner parents are uncommon, many sons do not have these experiences at home, and tend to hold more traditional gender attitudes, Myers and Booth say, but women do not rely on their early family life. |
| www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2002-05/ps-pte052002.php (425 words) |
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