Gender Equality and Work-Life Balance - 9781138600010

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Gender Equality and Work-Life BalanceGlass Handcuffs and Working Men in the U.S.\nAuthor(s): Sarah Blithe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138600010, 978-1138600010\nSynopsis\nPressure to achieve work-life \""balance\"" has recently become a significant part of the cultural fabric of working life in United States. A very few privileged employees tout their ability to find balance between their careers and the rest of their lives, but most employees face considerable organizational and economic constraints which hamper their ability to maintain a reasonable \""balance\"" between paid work and other life aspectsand it is not only women who struggle. Increasingly men find it difficult to \""do it all.\"" Women have long noted the near impossibility of balancing multiple roles, but it is only recently that men have been encouraged to see themselves beyond their breadwinner selves. \n\nGender Equality and Work-Life Balance.