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What Women Want - Evidence from British Social Attitudes (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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What Women Want - Evidence from British Social Attitudes (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Over the last few decades, families in many highly developed
nations (such as Great Britain) have been held together by
grandparents. Yet as single motherhood spreads into this
generation, extended families without men or work are becoming more
common. The proportion of single mothers with daughters who are
also state-dependent single mothers is growing. The British
underclass has arrived. Women who can see this happening around
them, and understand its roots, are the ones most able to revive
traditional values, but policymakers are looking the other way.
This fuels alienation from mainstream political parties. What Women
Want argues that sociology and social policy in Britain have failed
to recognize how women's orientation to paid work and a career
remains different from men's. Most women now have paid jobs, but
the happiest are those working only part time, with plenty of time
to enjoy motherhood and being a homemaker. A revised sexual
division of labor has emerged; and the author argues that denial of
this in Britain may be contributing to the breakdown of family
life. A working male partner is a major factor in making women
happy. The least content are single mothers dependent on state
welfare who know that the state expects them to repay its support
by becoming full-time workers when their children reach a certain
age. Many single mothers may be victims of policies prioritizing
work for women. Single motherhood has grown alongside male male
breadwinners. This is a new edition of a book previously
distributed only in the United Kingdom.
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