Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women's Changing Lives

Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women's Changing Lives
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Despite the huge advances women have made in recent decades, their ambitions are still undermined in subtle ways. Parents, teachers, bosses, and institutions all give less encouragement to women than men, and women still grow up believing that they must defer to men in order be seen as feminine. If their ambition does survive into adulthood, too often those ambitions must be downsized or abandoned to accommodate â€œwifelyâ€ duties of household chores and child care. As a result, women--unlike menâ€“continually have to re-shape their goals and expectations.

Yet expressing ambition, pursuing it, and getting recognition for oneâ€™s accomplishments is critical to identity and happiness. In this groundbreaking work, Anna Fels draws on extensive research and years of her psychiatriac practice to offer an original and deeply useful examination of ambition in womenâ€™s lives. In the process, she illuminates just what is necessary for women to articulate--and fulfill--their dreams.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780679758884
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2005-02-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780679758884

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780679758884
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2005-02-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780679758884

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