Opting Out? : Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home (Hardcover)

from Calavari

Opting Out I was intrigued with the premise of this work right from the beginning. Well put together and deeply researched, this book goes beyond the simple explanations to get down to the how and why of it all.I have always hated the term "opting out" and I'm really starting to understand w...

from kristenn

I was predisposed to agree with the author and that didn't change. What did surprise me was how little sympathy I felt for the women in the case studies. They recognized the barriers thrown up by their workplaces easily enough, but consistently went through all kinds of contortions to justify the...

from tsryan

I cannot stop recommending this book to people. Stone interrogates the discourse of choice in popular media representations of elite women leaving the workforce after becoming mothers, and comes up with some really interesting findings on the push and pull factors behind women's exit from the pai...

from tsryan

I cannot stop recommending this book to people. Stone interrogates the discourse of choice in popular media representations of elite women leaving the workforce after becoming mothers, and comes up with some really interesting findings on the push and pull factors behind women's exit from the pai...