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Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home
Pamela Stone
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Description for Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home
Paperback. "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 study tackles this issue from the perspective of the women themselves. Num Pages: 310 pages, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520256576
SKU
V9780520256576
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About Pamela Stone
Pamela Stone is Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Reviews for Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home
"A highly worthwhile book." American Journal Of Sociology / AJS