Word: strodtbeck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Service, as it were, untouched by human hands. Social Psychology Professor Fred Strodtbeck of the University of Chicago explains: "The people who go into domestic service dislike having to deal with the middle-class housewife as a person and being subject to her directions. They prefer to work not singly but in teams, to wear a uniform which helps define their on-the-job role, and to have an office through which the work is scheduled. Within the sphere of house cleaning, say, such a team would thus feel superior to the woman who hires them, no longer fearful...
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