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Paperback Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws Book

ISBN: 0742545466

ISBN13: 9780742545465

Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws

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Paternalistic federal laws and regulations thwart initiatives to grant women the same economic liberties as men. Why have federal institutions overseeing employment, employee benefits, childcare, taxation, health care, education, retirement, and social security adopted such a warped and antiquated perspective of traditional family life? And what can be done about it? Leaving Women Behind answers these important and provocative questions. The authors...

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I think this book is really important - walks through the analysis of how laws are stuck in the 1950's, as if people stay in the same job for their career, aren't freelancing much of the time and are part of single-wage-earner families. It's a real eye-opener, very disturbing and points out some fundamental problems with current US laws. I think this should be required reading.
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