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In a much-publicized and much-maligned 2003 New York Times article, "The Opt-Out Revolution," the journalist Lisa Belkin made the controversial argument that highly educated women who enter the workplace tend to leave upon marrying and having children. Women Who Opt Out is a collection of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jones, Bernie D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2012.
Temas:
Working mothers > United States.
Wages > Working mothers > United States.
Sex discrimination in employment > United States.
Women's rights > United States.
Feminism > United States > History.
Mères au travail > États-Unis.
Salaires > Mères au travail > États-Unis.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi > États-Unis.
Féminisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Feminism
Sex discrimination in employment
Wages > Working mothers
Women's rights
Working mothers
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • "Opting out" : women's history and feminist legal theory
  • Introduction: women, work and motherhood in American history / Bernie D. Jones
  • Is "opting out" for real?
  • The rhetoric and reality of "opting out" : toward a better understanding of professional women's decisions to head home / Pamela Stone and Lisa Ackerly Hernandez
  • The real "opt-out revolution" and a new model of flexible careers / Kerstin Aumann and Ellen Galinsky
  • Can all women "opt in" before they "opt out?"
  • "Opting in" to full labor force participation in hourly jobs / Susan J. Lambert
  • The challenges to and consequences of "opting out" for low-wage, new mothers / Maureen Perry-Jenkins
  • The future of family caregiving : the value of work-family strategies that benefit both : care consumers and paid care workers / Peggie R. Smith
  • Care work and women's employment : a comparative perspective / JoyaMisra
  • Conclusion
  • The opt out revolution revisited / Joan C. Williams & Jamie Dolkas
  • Bibliography
  • About the contributors
  • Index.

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