An in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the "Opt-Out Myth" ("Why don’t more women get to the top? They choose not to." ) pushed incessantly by the media for literally decades. On a meta-level, this also piece makes a great NewsTrust point, one that is quite relevant to many other areas of disscussion: "if journalism repeatedly frames the wrong problem, then the folks who make public policy may very well deliver the wrong solution." “Opt Out or Pushed Out?” should be on every news, business, and feature editor’s desk.

Thoughtful analysis on the media coverage of the "moms-go-home" story, which points out possible flaws in the way this story is currently reported.

This research has depth and tracks research following "women's issues" for a number of recent years. The most important point I take away from the article/research, and also other reviews, is that the story is not just about women, or white women, or wealthy women, or women with husbands and options. It affects the entire economy. which includes fathers, other children, neighbors, employers. I know that different women are called in different strengths, for vocation and lifestyle. at different times of life. But it is annoying to have a shopping-centered, franctically-busy lifestyle touted as a reward. To me that always seemed like more of a punishment.

Noteworthy analysis; however, would've liked to heard soem male expertise to confirm this

Fine analysis of the consumer culture and the need to create spending power to support the rise in consumption.

This story was a real disappointment. Statistics are used very selectively (deceptively so) to suggest that this is a discrimination against women, when in fact it better reflects discrimination against *families*. There are also many logical flaws in the author's arguments. Apparently the only form of "opt-out" that is legitimate in the author's eyes is a case in which the employer wil give the woman anything and everything she desires to remain, but the woman nonetheless leaves. Anytime an employer is unable to accomodate a woman's request for changes in her work schedule/status, this apparently constitutes being "forced out." Aren't employers of women justified in asking why it is that *they* have to make accomodations for ... More »

Great article. Roundly debunks the fluffy media hype notion that feminism is over and the average women now "chooses" to stay home with the kids, with no negative consequences.