| Description |
241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series |
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Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-231) and index. |
| Contents |
Why consider opposing viewpoints? -- Introduction -- ch. 1. How should working women better manage their finances? -- Chaper preface -- 1. Women must take charge of their finances / Udayan Ray and Archana Rai -- 2. Women still earn less than men because of sex discrimination / Evelyn Murphy and E. J. Graff -- 3. Women do not earn less than men because of sex discrimination / Kate O'Beirne -- 4. Privatizing Social Security will benefit women / Carrie L. Lukas -- 5. Privatizing Social Security will not benefit women / Mary Hull Caballero -- Periodical bibliography -- ch. 2. Are working women discriminated against in the workplace? -- Chapter preface -- 1. The glass ceiling still exists for women in the workplace / Mark Trumbull -- 2. The real glass ceiling begins at home / Linda Hirshman -- 3. Mothers are discriminated against in the workplace / Eliza Strickland -- 4. Fathers are discriminated against in the workplace / Jim McGaw -- Periodical bibliography -- |
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ch. 3. What can be done to help working women balance work and family life? -- Chapter preface -- 1. Working women are caught in a work/life time bind / Ruth Rosen -- 2. The Family and Medical Leave Act should be expanded / Mothers Movement Online -- 3. The Family and Medical Leave Act should not be expanded / The National Coalition to Protect Family Leave -- 4. The federal government should subsidize child care / Suzanne W. Helburn and Barbara Bergmann -- 5. The federal government should not subsidize child care / Gary Becker -- 6. Family-friendly policies help working mothers / Heather Boushey -- 7. Family-friendly policies do not help single women / Amy Joyce -- Periodical bibliography -- ch. 4. Are working women good for families? -- Chapter preface -- 1. Career women make bad wives / Michael Noer -- 2. Career women do not make bad wives / Stephanie Coontz -- 3. Working mothers are exploiting hired care givers / Caitlin Flanagan -- 4. Working mothers are not exploiting hired care givers / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein -- 5. Women are opting out of the workplace to be stay-at-home moms / Lisa Belkin -- 6. Women are not opting out of the workplace to be stay-at-home moms / Debra Merrill-Sands, Jill Kickul, and Cynthia Ingols -- Periodical bibliography -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography of books -- Index. |
| Subject |
Working mothers -- United States.
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Sex discrimination in employment -- United States.
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Women employees -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Social policy -- United States.
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Work and family -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Fisanick, Christina.
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| ISBN |
9780737737714 hardcover |
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0737737719 |
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9780737737721 paperback |
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0737737727 paperback |
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