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Man-Made - Why So Few Women Are in Positions of Power (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Man-Made - Why So Few Women Are in Positions of Power (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Why are so few women in positions of power? Why are government,
business, the institutions and so much of British life dominated by
men? Eva Tutchell and John Edmonds find the answers by interviewing
over a hundred successful women and discovering what it takes for a
woman to get to the top. The statistics are startling. Britain is
an 80/20 nation: 80 per cent of the most powerful jobs are occupied
by men and only 20 per cent by women. Tutchell and Edmonds uncover
the cultural and historical reasons for this extraordinary
imbalance of power. Their book is entitled Man-Made because men
have made the rules and women must do their best to fit in. In
spite of its claim to be a modern nation, Britain is conditioned by
a legacy that views men as doers and leaders and expects women to
be helpers and supporters. Many men still judge women more by their
appearance than by their ability. Most shocking of all, Man-Made
reveals that the birth of children pushes the careers of most women
into crisis. Mothers are paid less and promoted less. Ambitious
women are tempted to make their children 'invisible' to employers.
Man-Made provides a rigorous and convincing analysis of the
inadequacy of current policy and proposes a more thoroughgoing
programme to achieve fairness and equality. Tutchell and Edmonds
speculate about whether a new generation of female activists can
produce the political pressure to change the culture of Britain.
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