Phyllis Moen
Phyllis Moen
commitment committed fact longer means security seniority somebody
The only way you show (job) commitment now is through long hours. The fact that seniority no longer means security means somebody has to look committed even if they're not committed.
families few job middle pursue worked works
That works well when one person is a homemaker, ... That frees the other person to pursue their career, the prestige, the job security. And that worked for middle-class families in the middle of the 20th century. But today, there are very few families where there's a full-time homemaker.
It doesn't look like much, but it's statistically significant.
act create invention social society work
We take this template ... and act as if it's God-given. We don't see that this was a social invention and we can re-invent it. We as a society need to create new templates for work life.
act create invention social society work
We take this template ... and act as if it's God-given, ... We don't see that this was a social invention and we can re-invent it. We as a society need to create new templates for work life.