Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality

Title: Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality Author: Shani Orgad ISBN: 9780231184724 Publisher: Columbia University Press Published: 2019 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Political Science 1638992 Publisher Description: Women in today's advanced capitalist societies are encouraged to "lean in." The media and government champion women's empowerment. In a cultural climate where women can seemingly have it all, why do so many successful professional women--lawyers, financial managers, teachers, engineers, and others--give up their careers after having children and become stay-at-home mothers? How do they feel about their decision and what do their stories tell us about contemporary society? Heading Home reveals the stark gap between the promise of gender equality and women's experience of continued injustice. Shani Orgad draws