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Are We Giving Up Too Much?
Voice
March 2008
On Sale: March 4, 2008
384 pages ISBN: 1401309380 EAN: 9781401309381 Paperback
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Non-Fiction
Women are constantly being told that it's simply 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, Leslie 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. It's time, she says, to get
the message across -- combining work and family really is
the best choice for most women, and it's eminently
doable.Bennetts and millions of other working women provide
ample proof that there are many different ways to have kids,
maintain a challenging career, and have a richly rewarding
life as a result. Earning money and being successful not
only make women feel great, but 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.
Further, they forfeit the intellectual, emotional,
psychological, and even medical benefits of
self-sufficiency.The truth is that when women gamble on
dependancy, most eventually end up on the wrong side of the
odds. In riveting interviews with women from a wide range of
backgrounds, Bennetts tells their dramatic stories -- some
triumphant, others heartbreaking.The Feminine Mistake will
inspire women to accept the challenge of figuring out who
they are and what they want to do with their lives in
addition to raising children. Not since Betty Friedan has
anyone offered such an eye-opening and persuasive argument
for why women can -- and should -- embrace the joyously
complex lives they deserve.
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