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The new soft war on women : how the myth of female ascendance is hurting women, men - and our economy / Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett.

by Rivers, Caryl.

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Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2013.

305.40973 R622n

Sex discrimination against women -- United States.

Women -- United States -- Social conditions.

Men -- United States -- Attitudes.

9780399163333 (hc.)

272 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-264) and index.

Where the battle lines are -- Doing well may not work out so well -- Competent but unlikeable -- Glass cliff and the glass elevator -- Hard-won and easily lost -- Females and math: strange bedfellows? -- Risk takers, no; caretakers, yes -- Miserable achievers? -- Straw women, straw men -- Leading the way -- Parent trap -- Winning the new soft war.

"We are at a turning point in American economic history. Although women have made huge strides in attaining higher education and employment opportunities in recent years, these gains have not translated into money and influence. If we do not combat the insidious barriers and biases that prevent women from advancing in their careers, then women, and the American economy as a whole, will suffer for it. This book is a wake-up call to prevent subtle biases, i.e. the "soft war," from crippling women's aspirations and scuttling the US economy in the process. Women are now central to the economy, and whether it thrives or stagnates rests, to a large degree, on whether we win or lose this war"--Publisher.

Barnett, Rosalind C.

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