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Work & leadership: tests of manhood.(2 PROFESSIONAL & MANAGERIAL WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE)
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Regional Review
- Article date:
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January 1, 2005
- Author:
- Hertz, Rosanna
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AT THE BEGINNING OF the twenty-first century, women have become full-time and continuous participants in the labor force. But even as the gender composition of the workforce has changed, the demands of both careers and motherhood have remained the same. Workers of both sexes are still expected to sequence their lives according to jobs and career demands--getting married after completing school, moving to a new city to get the big promotion, having children at a career transition point. At the same time, mothers are expected to display unending dedication to their children, from providing young children with afternoon milk and cookies to sideline cheering and chauffeuring teens ...