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020			_a 9781401309381
020			_a1401309380
050			_aHD6053 _b.B42 2007
100			_aBennetts, Leslie, 1949-
245			_aThe feminine mistake : _bare we giving up to much? / _cLeslie Bennetts.
250			_a1st pbk. ed.
260			_aNew York : _bVoice/Hyperion, _c2007.
300			_axxviii, 352 p. ; _c21 cm.
500			_aIncludes reading group guide.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p.323-340) and index.
505			_aWomen are often told that it's too difficult to balance work and family, so if they don't really "have to" work, it's better for their families if they stay home. Not only is this untrue, journalist Bennetts says, but the arguments in favor of stay-at-home motherhood fail to consider the surprising benefits of work and the unexpected toll of giving it up. Combining work and family really is the best choice for most women, and it's eminently doable. Earning money and being successful make women feel great, and when women sacrifice their financial autonomy by quitting their jobs, they become vulnerable to divorce as well as the potential illness, death, or unemployment of their breadwinner husbands. But women who stop working sacrifice far more than financial security-- Bennetts' research documents the steep toll when women forfeit the intellectual, emotional, psychological, and even medical benefits of self-sufficiency.--From publisher description.
650			_aWomen _xEmployment.
650			_aSex role _xEconomic aspects.
650			_aFeminism.
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