
The Price Of Motherhood: Why The Most Important Job In The World Is Still The Least Valued
In the pathbreaking tradition of Backlash and The Second Shift, this provocative book shows how mothers are systematically disadvantaged and made dependent by a society that exploits those who perform its most critical work. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and the most current research in economics, history, child development, and law, Ann Crittenden proves that although women have been liberate...
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; First Edition edition (January 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805066195
ISBN-13: 978-0805066197
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 2587185
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“I'd give this book 10 stars if I could. Ann Crittenden does an amazing job arguing for the rights of mothers (and women in general), backed with the kind of evidence you would find in scholarly journals.More than convincing, and more than infuriating...”
, mothers have not.The costs of motherhood are everywhere apparent. College-educated women pay a "mommy tax" of over a million dollars in lost income when they have a child. Family law deprives mothers of financial equality in marriage. Stay-at-home mothers and their work are left out of the GDP, the labor force, and the social safety net. With passion and clarity, Crittenden demonstrates that proper rewards for mothers' essential contributions would only enhance the general welfare.Bold, galvanizing, full of innovative solutions, The Price of Motherhood offers a much-needed accounting of the price that mothers pay for performing the most important job in the world.
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