Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home What we learncontrary to many media perceptionsis that these high-flying women are not opting out but are instead being pushed out of the workplace. Based on a series of candid, in-depth interviews w
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| Title | : | Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.60 (346 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520256573 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 310 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2008-06-02 |
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Editorial : From Publishers Weekly Opting out," "off-ramping" and "following the mommy track" are all popular terms to describe professional women who leave their jobs to be stay-at-home moms. But do they describe the truth of the matter? Stone, an associate professor of sociology at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, set out to answer this question after discovering that there was no research on the matter; perceptions of these women were shaped almost exclusively by the media. Stone conducted in-depth interviews with 54 women: white women who had been highly successful professionals and were married to men who could support them while they stayed at home—i.e., women who had a "choice." What Stone found was fascinating and surprising: women quit because of work, not family, and only as a last resort: "They have been unsuccessful in their efforts to find flexibility or because they found themselves marginalized and stigmatized, negatively reinforced for trying to hold onto their ca
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 learncontrary to many media perceptionsis that these high-flying women are not opting out but are instead being pushed out of the workplace. Drawing on their experiences, S
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