Opting out? : why women really quit careers and head home / Pamela Stone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Pamela.

Contributor:

Cronin, Pamela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stay-at-home mothers.

Work and family.

Choice (Psychology).

Life change events.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

audio file

Summary:

Noting a phenomenon that might seem to recall a previous era, The New York Times Magazine recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as "opting out." But, are high-achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in order to return home? This provocative study is the first to tackle this issue from the perspective of the women themselves. Based on a series of candid, in-depth interviews with women who returned home after working as doctors, lawyers, bankers, scientists, and other professions, Pamela Stone explores the role that their husbands, children, and coworkers play in their decision; how women's efforts to construct new lives and new identities unfold once they are home; and where their aspirations and plans for the future lie. What we learn-contrary to many media perceptions-is that these high-flying women are not opting out but are instead being pushed out of the workplace. Drawing on their experiences, Stone outlines concrete ideas for redesigning workplaces to make it easier for women-and men-to attain their goal of living rewarding lives that combine both families and careers.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Dream Team

2. Family Matters

3. Home Alone

4. Gilded Cages

5. The Choice Gap

6. Half-Full, Half-Empty

7. Mothers Of Re-Invention

8. Cocooning: The Drift To Domesticity

9. Dreams And Visions: Getting There

Appendix. Study Methodology

Notes

References

Index

Participant:

Narrator: Pamela Cronin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612360626

9781282360624

1282360620

9780520941793

0520941799

9781433708343

1433708345

OCLC:

648217735