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A uterus is a feature, not a bug : the working woman's guide to overthrowing the partriarchy / Sarah Lacy.

Lacy, Sarah, 1975- (author.).

Summary:

Women must rethink the way they see themselves after giving birth. As entrepreneur Sarah Lacy makes clear in this cogent, persuasive analysis and clarion cry, the strongest, most lucrative, and most ambitious time of a woman's career may easily be after she sees a plus sign on a pregnancy test.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062641816 (hardcover)
Physical Description: x, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue -- Introduction : lies -- Your uterus is not a ticking time bomb -- Benevolent sexism and you -- "Everyone loves the angry bitch" -- "I just don't know how you do it!" -- Not all moms have the luxury to build a company, but all moms have the skills -- If you don't hire more women after reading this chapter, you're just sexist -- You wanna be the hammer or the nail? -- The tyranny of the pattern -- "We need a Sheryl" -- "Are you having fun?" -- Wings, talons, fangs -- From subject to sovereign -- The single-mom penalty and the single-mom bonus -- You don't fuck with the women of Iceland -- The last place you're expecting to see female empowerment -- Back, head, lungs -- November 8, 2016 -- Epilogue.