
Not Guilty! Tpb
The Good News for Working Mothers
Holcomb(Author)
Touchstone (Publisher)
Published on 2. May 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
388 pages
978-0-684-86725-0 (ISBN)
Description
In this provocative work, Betty Holcomb offers a fresh and thoughtful analysis of the real costs and benefits of women working outside the home. Puncturing popular myths, she takes a hard look at decades of research and shows that working mothers suffer stress, fatigue, and guilt, not as a natural outgrowth of juggling a job and family, but because of stereotypes, hostile workplaces, and policies that have yet to catch up with real life. With the right support, she argues, the revolution of the working mother could lead to richer and more satisfying lives for women and children -- and men -- alike.
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Edition
Touchstone ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-86725-0 (9780684867250)
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Person
Betty Holcomb, a distinguished journalist, has appeared on CNN and CNBC-TV and has been interviewed by newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. She has written for Working Mother, Parenting, Parents, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, and Glamour.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1 Supermom's Daughters:
The Birth of a New Pessimism
2 Homeward Bound?
The Feminine Mystique Circa the 1990s
3 Marketing the Mystique:
For Profit and Ideology
4 What About Your Kids?
Stigmatizing Ambition
5 Mothers Not Welcome Here:
How the Myths Fuel Discrimination
6 You Had the Baby, It's Your Problem!
Justifying the Inflexible Workplace
7 Will Only Mommy Do?
The Power of Scientific Myths
8 In the Care of Strangers:
Day Care's Enduring Stigma
9 The New Math: Does It Pay to Work?
The Myth of "Choice" About Working
10 Women's Puny Paychecks:
How They Got So Small
11 It Does Take a Village to Raise a Child:
The Myth of Personal Responsibility
12 Whose Family Values?
The Politics That Devalue Working Mothers
13 Yes, Families Are Changing --
For the Better
14 Not Guilty!
From Angst to Anger
Endnotes
Index