Free Download Shani Orgad, "Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality"
English | ISBN: 0231184727 | 2019 | 304 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB
Women in today’s advanced capitalist societies are encouraged to "lean in." The media and government champion women’s empowerment. In a cultural climate where women can seemingly have it all, why do so many successful professional women―lawyers, financial managers, teachers, engineers, and others―give up their careers after having children and become stay-at-home mothers? How do they feel about their decision and what do their stories tell us about contemporary society?