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Glass ceilings and 100-hour couples what the opt-out phenomenon can teach us about work and family /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moe, Karine S.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Shandy, Dianna J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Work and family > United States.
Working mothers > United States.
Stay-at-home mothers > United States.
Women > Employment > United States.
Dual-career families > United States.
Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination) > United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Numbers too big to ignore
  • Why opting out is an everywoman issue
  • The 100-hour couple
  • Glass ceilings and maternal walls
  • Second shift redux
  • Child care dilemmas
  • Mama time
  • The hectic household
  • The professionalization of at-home motherhood
  • Financial costs
  • Negotiating without a paycheck
  • Reigniting the career
  • Creative strategies for making work "work"
  • Coming of age in America.

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