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Additional authors

1. Edmonds, John (Trade unionist)

Description

1. xviii, 283 pages; 25 cm

Summary

1. 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 a "invisiblea (TM) 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.

Subject

1. Sex discrimination against women > Great Britain
2. Male domination (Social structure) > Great Britain
3. Power (Social sciences) > Great Britain
4. Leadership in women > Great Britain
5. Equality > Great Britain
6. Feminism > Great Britain
7. Equality
8. Feminism
9. Leadership in women
10. Male domination (Social structure)
11. Power (Social sciences)
12. Sex discrimination against women
13. Great Britain

Contents

1. The illusion of continuous improvement -- Outnumbered -- Fashioned by men -- Fitting in -- Sexism and discrimination -- How women are seen -- How women are expected to behave -- The maternal wall -- Secrets of success -- Slow and unsteady progress -- Through the glass ceiling and beyond -- Reports of the demise of feminism have been greatly exaggerated.

Call number

1. JFF 15-1567

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-274) and index.

Author

1. Tutchell, Eva.

Title

1. Man-made : why so few women are in positions of power / by Eva Tutchell and John Edmonds.

Publisher

1. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Gower, [2015]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-274) and index.

Added author

1. Edmonds, John (Trade unionist)

Other form:

1. ebook version 9781472432148

LCCN

1. 2014037240

Other standard identifier

1. 40024730213

ISBN

1. 9781472432124 (hardback : alk. paper)
2. 1472432126 (hardback : alk. paper)
3. 9781472432131 (ebook)
4. 9781472432148 (epub)

Research call number

1. JFF 15-1567