They seemed confused by conflicting messages and expectations about how they should balance their professional and personal lives. Most women of this age grew up believing that they could have it all. Yet many women feel anxious and confused about this freedom, the variety of choices open to them and the potential costs of professional success. Most women eventually feel pressure to marry, have children and care for those children. Orenstein hopes that this volume will help women and men reflect on their lives, consider the benefits of making changes and become happier and more fulfilled.
Pornography is a controversial and divisive topic.
The editor, a professor of law, political science, and women's studies at Rutgers University, aims to present a balanced and comprehensive picture and has chosen 39 articles presenting a wide range of views. Most of the selections have been published previously and among the contributors are Andrea Dworkin, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Alice Walker, bell hooks, Judith Butler and Audre Lorde. Most working women must continually juggle their work and family dreams and feel torn in many different directions. While the percentage of women who work outside the home has increased greatly in recent decades, women have worked for pay for centuries. This had been true particularly for poor and minority women and those who were widowed or single.