Opting Out?

Contents

List of Illustrations......................................xi Acknowledgments............................................xiii Introduction...............................................1 1. The Dream Team..........................................21 2. Family Matters..........................................40 3. Home Alone..............................................60 4. Gilded Cages............................................80 5. The Choice Gap..........................................105 6. Half-Full, Half-Empty...................................132 7. Mothers of Re-Invention.................................155 8. Cocooning: The Drift to Domesticity.....................181 9. Dreams and Visions: Getting There.......................207 Appendix. Study Methodology................................239 Notes......................................................257 References.................................................277 Index......................................................287
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