Working women
By: Christina Fisanick, book editor.
Contributors: Fisanick, Christina.
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780737737714; 9780737737721
Subjects: Working mothers -- United States; Sex discrimination in employment -- United States; Women employees -- Family relationships -- United States; Social policy -- United States; Work and family -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How should working women better manage their finances? Women must take charge of their finances / Udayan Ray and Archana Rai ; Women still earn less than men because of sex discrimination / Evelyn Murphy and E. J. Graff ; Women do not earn less than men because of sex discrimination / Kate O'Beirne ; Privatizing Social Security will benefit women / Carrie L. Lukas ; Privatizing Social Security will not benefit women / Mary Hull Caballero; title: Are working women discriminated against in the workplace? The glass ceiling still exists for women in the workplace / Mark Trumbull ; The real glass ceiling begins at home / Linda Hirshman ; Mothers are discriminated against in the workplace / Eliza Strickland ; Fathers are discriminated against in the workplace / Jim McGaw; title: What can be done to help working women balance work and family life? Working women are caught in a work/life time bind / Ruth Rosen ; The Family and Medical Leave Act should be expanded / Mothers Movement Online ; The Family and Medical Leave Act should not be expanded / The National Coalition to Protect Family Leave ; The federal government should subsidize child care / Suzanne W. Helburn and Barbara Bergmann ; The federal government should not subsidize child care / Gary Becker ; Family-friendly policies help working mothers / Heather Boushey ; Family-friendly policies do not help single women / Amy Joyce; title: Are working women good for families? Career women make bad wives / Michael Noer ; Career women do not make bad wives / Stephanie Coontz ; Working mothers are exploiting hired care givers / Caitlin Flanagan ; Working mothers are not exploiting hired care givers / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein ; Women are opting out of the workplace to be stay-at-home moms / Lisa Belkin ; Women are not opting out of the workplace to be stay-at-home moms / Debra Merrill-Sands, Jill Kickul, and Cynthia Ingols.