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Stereotypes and Stigma: What's Changed for Welfare Mothers

Stereotypes and Stigma: What's Changed for Welfare Mothers In the debate on welfare reform, stereotypes of women on welfare haveresurfaced, and most proposals for reform are designed to modify andregulate women's behaviors. This article, based on information obtained in focus groups of recipients of Aid to Families with DependentChildren, examines how women manage the stigma of being welfaremothers and what they think about "cheating" the system. The moststriking difference between recipients of the 1990s and of the 1960s isthe belief of current recipients that they are entitled to governmentalsupport as long as they are attempting to better their own lives. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Stereotypes and Stigma: What's Changed for Welfare Mothers

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SAGE
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Copyright © by SAGE Publications
ISSN
0886-1099
eISSN
1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/088610999601100304
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Abstract

In the debate on welfare reform, stereotypes of women on welfare haveresurfaced, and most proposals for reform are designed to modify andregulate women's behaviors. This article, based on information obtained in focus groups of recipients of Aid to Families with DependentChildren, examines how women manage the stigma of being welfaremothers and what they think about "cheating" the system. The moststriking difference between recipients of the 1990s and of the 1960s isthe belief of current recipients that they are entitled to governmentalsupport as long as they are attempting to better their own lives.

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Oct 1, 1996

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