The Feminine Mistake Are We Giving Up Too Much?

by Bennetts, Leslie

• ISBN13: 9781401309381
• ISBN10: 1401309380
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-04
• Publisher: Hachette Books

Summary

Women are constantly being told that it's too difficult to balance work and family, so if they don't really "have to" work, it's better for their families if they stay home. Not true, Leslie Bennetts says-in fact, the arguments in favor of stay-at-home motherhood leave out the surprising advantages of work and the unexpected toll of giving it up. Combining work and family really is the best choice for most women, she says, and it's eminently doable.

Author Biography

Leslie Bennetts is the author of the national bestseller The Feminine Mistake as well as a longtime Vanity Fair writer and former New York Times reporter. At Vanity Fair she wrote many movie star cover stories in addition to articles on subjects ranging from priest pedophilia to U.S. antiterrorism policy, and she was the first woman ever to cover a presidential campaign at the New York Times. Bennetts has also written for many other magazines, including New York, Vogue, More, The Nation, and Glamour.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. xv
Author's Note	p. xxix
Back to the Future: "It's a 1950s Life!"	p. 1
Opting Out: "It's Like the Slaughter of the Lambs."	p. 32
But What If...: "I Never Thought about That!"	p. 58
Opting Back in: "No One Told Me It Would be So Hard!"	p. 72
Risky Business: "How Am I Going to Live?"	p. 97
The Fifteen-Year Paradigm: "It Really Does Get Easier!"	p. 126
Who Says It Doesn't Work?: "It Can Be Done!"	p. 148
The Joys of the Full Life: "It's Hard for Me to Imagine Who I'd Be If I Didn't Work."	p. 173
It's The Money, Honey: "God Bless The Wife Who's Got Her Own!"	p. 200
Men, Marriage, and Money: "It's a Macho Thing!"	p. 229
Home Equity: "My Husband and I Are Peers."	p. 246
But What About the Children?: "You Know What? I Think My Kids Really Benefited!"	p. 267
Backward Progress: "You're Taking the Safe Road!"	p. 285
The Anxiety of Liberty: "What Am I Going to Do with My Life?"	p. 307
Notes	p. 323
Index	p. 341
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