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From: toml@oliveb.UUCP (Tom Long)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Otherwise Engaged
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Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 10:36:16 EST
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	I have just finished reading "Otherwise Engaged: the private lives of
successful career women" by Srully Blotnick.  This book reports the results
of a 25-year study of the lives of over 2000 women.  It touches on a lot of
topics which have been debated in net.women.  The assertions made in the book
are based on evidence, not just opinion, and many of them run counter to the
general tenor of postings to this newsgroup.

	A primary assertion is that when there is a conflict between marriage
and career, those women who favor their marriage will do better in the long
run that those women who favor their career.  Women who sacrifice marriage
for a career tend to be seen by those around them (men and women) as driven,
brittle, and moody.

	Another assertion is that women who identify men as the enemy are
making a serious error.  They redirect anger with the attitudes of blue-collar
men at the white-collar men who they work with and live with.  This anger
has a negative effect on careers and marriages.

	Do you women find that the findings in this book match your
observations and experiences?

							Tom Long