What Women Want: An Agenda for the Women's Movement
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (917 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190623365 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Incredibly Useful History" according to Spike 65. A book I will return to many times. It provides a comprehensive history of the contemporary women's movement and lays out in a clear and engaging fashion, the challenges that still lie ahead.. "Straight, No-Chaser, 201"Straight, No-Chaser, 2014 & Beyond > An Agenda." Michael GreenGold "WHAT WOMEN WANT / An Agenda for the Women's Movement, Circa 09.2014 is a "Straight, No Chaser" lead / read starting with how American Women fare worse than American Men on virtually every major dimension of social status, financial well-being, and physical safety. > Sexual violence remains common, and reproductive rights are by no means secure. >Women assume disproportionate burdens in the home and pay a heavy price in the workplace. >Yet these issues are not POLITICAL priorities. >Nor is there a CONSENSUS that there still is a SERIOUS problem. > Why, despite after four decades of equal employm. & Beyond > An Agenda." "WHAT WOMEN WANT / An Agenda for the Women's Movement, Circa 09.201"Straight, No-Chaser, 2014 & Beyond > An Agenda." Michael GreenGold "WHAT WOMEN WANT / An Agenda for the Women's Movement, Circa 09.2014 is a "Straight, No Chaser" lead / read starting with how American Women fare worse than American Men on virtually every major dimension of social status, financial well-being, and physical safety. > Sexual violence remains common, and reproductive rights are by no means secure. >Women assume disproportionate burdens in the home and pay a heavy price in the workplace. >Yet these issues are not POLITICAL priorities. >Nor is there a CONSENSUS that there still is a SERIOUS problem. > Why, despite after four decades of equal employm. is a "Straight, No Chaser" lead / read starting with how American Women fare worse than American Men on virtually every major dimension of social status, financial well-being, and physical safety. > Sexual violence remains common, and reproductive rights are by no means secure. >Women assume disproportionate burdens in the home and pay a heavy price in the workplace. >Yet these issues are not POLITICAL priorities. >Nor is there a CONSENSUS that there still is a SERIOUS problem. > Why, despite after four decades of equal employm
A rigorously researched and well-written answer to the glut of gender-related books that have come onto the market recently, What Women Want comprehensively analyzes the challenges the feminist movement faces today. Only by identifying the barriers (both internal and external) that remain, Deborah Rhode argues, can we begin to identify solutions. Despite these formidable obstacles, the goals and principles of feminism are widely accepted by the American mainstream, and Rhode, herself a pathbreaker in the fields of law and education, offers effective strategies for redefining and advancing the feminist agenda, thereby creating a movement that truly recognizes, and is responsive to, what all women want.. Combining sharp academic analysis and interviews with notable figures such as Sheryl Sandberg, Rhode focuses on five main topics: employment issues such as pay discrimination, work-life balance and the government's pitiful response, the assault on women's reproductive rights and the limits it places on their economic mobility, sexual harassment and violence, and the detrimental effect that the unfashionable label "feminist" can have, especially in attracting young women to the movement. Despite significant progress over the last fifty years, equality is still a distant goal in the political, social, and economic spheres. Feminism today is a
We are paid less, work harder, experience greater violence, report less violence, and lack crucial policies and services long-established in other developed countries. With elegant and engaging prose, Rhode tackles issues such as pay inequity, work/family conflicts, violence against women, and economic and reproductive justice. Correll, Director, Clayman Institute for Gender Research and Professor of Sociology, Stanford University "Whenever I need the latest statistic or the perfect quote on an extraordinarily broad range of feminist issues, I reach for the latest Deborah Rhode book." --Joan C. But Rhode goes beyond describing the problem; she offers compelling advice for achieving a gender equitable society." --Sh
Deborah L. Rhode is the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford University