Terri Apter examines the pressure on working women as they try to balance marriage and childcare with the growing demands of the workplace. Analyzing the results of more than 100 interviews with working women, Apter shows how the myth of the "superwoman" masks the problems that real women must face.
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From Publishers Weekly
Although "the glass ceiling" and other obstacles inherent in professional life may still prevent women from reaching the top, argues Apter ( Altered Loves: Mothers and Daughters During Adolescence ), the primary reason for women's slow career progress is that they don't have wives to take charge of domestic details. Basing her conclusions on studies of working women conducted in 1982 and 1992, the author found that most--even those who in the early 1980s were aggressive careerists--have families to whom they devote a good deal of energy. Our society offers minimal social supports for working mothers, and few companies promote women who need or want to spend more time at home. Apter further suggests that 1970s- and '80s-style feminism may actually hinder women's upward mobility on the job, tending to value traditionally male characteristics (e.g., ambition and competitiveness) over such "womanly" traits as nurturing. Unlike men, observes the author, the most successful women often do not have families--their job is their life. In this provocative book, Apter makes a plea for company policies that would enable women to take time off to be with their children or to work flexible hours without having to sacrifice professional success.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
It is predicted that from now until the end of the decade, two-thirds of new American workers will be women. They face the increasing challenges of part-time and fewer jobs, less job security, and the need to cope with the duties of home and family. Mates and husbands who don't pitch in add to the burden. Women gain a sense of self through a career but proceed to lose it at home by continuing to shoulder most of the housework and child-raising. Thus, though more and more women find themselves in the workplace, their lives at home haven't changed much at all. Apter, a research fellow at Cambridge, chronicles career trends, organizational cultures, policy-making, "liberation," burnout, depression, demands on time, and lower wages. Taking a fresh approach to these problems, she shows how new patterns and balance--and ultimately more personal and professional choices--can be achieved by combining change at home and in the workplace. This is a wonderful book for all collections.
- Patty Miller, New Hampshire Technical Coll. Lib., Laconia
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Patty Miller, New Hampshire Technical Coll. Lib., Laconia
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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