$25.00 S F T THE THE U THE O R L C B FEMINIST FEMINIST H FEMINIST A T DILEMMA DILEMMA G DILEMMA O T DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH T - When Success Is When Success Is R When Success Is O CHRISTINE STOLBA Not Enough Not Enough T Not Enough H Praise for Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolba Over the past several decades, American women have gradually overcome the legal “Furchtgott-Roth and Stolba do an excellent job of explaining the choices women make in T and cultural barriers to equal opportunity. Diana Furchtgott- balancing work and family.” H W Women now receive over half of all B.A.s and Roth was a resident E h M.A.s, and working women have become the fellow at the Amer- —Wendy Lee Gramm, Former Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission e rule rather than the exception. Women are n ican Enterprise Insti- F “The authors’ careful analysis . illuminates the extraordinary achievement of American becoming physicians, lawyers, CEOs, and E tute from 1993 to S THE women in the past half-century and points the way to greater opportunities ahead.” u scientists and are founding their own busi- 2001. She is coau- M c nesses in record numbers. thor with Christine c —Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Former Ambassador to the United Nations I e Stolba of Women’s N In The Feminist Dilemma, Diana s s Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolba argue Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic I I S that even though women’s opportunities are Progress of Women in America (1999). Her s T now equal, women’s and men’s choices are N FEMINIST articles on labor and tax policy have been Praise for Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolbas not always the same. Ironically, the achieve- published in the Washington Post, the Wall o Womens Figures D Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, the t ment of women’s equality poses a serious I E Los Angeles Times, and other publications. “The way in which women have finally attained economic and professional equality with L dilemma for contemporary feminists, who do n E not want to acknowledge that some of men is the latest triumph of the American democratic and enterprise system. This author- o u itative study assembles all the statistical and sociological evidence and presents it with M DILEMMA women’s choices, such as studying literature g rather than mathematics, leaving the work power and clarity.” M h force to raise children, or even working part- —Paul Johnson, Author, History of the American People A time, lead to fewer women in top jobs. The Christine Stolba is “The 74 cents statistic and related propaganda masquerading as social science are arrows flaw in contemporary feminist thinking, a senior fellow with in the quivers of those waging the American left’s unending struggle to change the Furchtgott-Roth and Stolba contend, is its the Independent Wo- American premise, which stresses equality of opportunity, not equality of outcomes. insistence that anything less than statistical men’s Forum and an Furchtgott-Roth and Stolba have better figures.” parity with men in any field—or even on col- adjunct scholar at lege sports teams—is proof of discrimination the American Enter- —George Will, Newsweek against women. prise Institute. The When Success Is Explaining how the contemporary femi- coauthor of Women’s nists’ ideological campaign in the courts and Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic CURRENT AFFAIRS/WOMEN’S STUDIES in Congress is undermining the principles of Progress of Women in America (1999), $25.00 Not Enough our economic system and how those efforts Ms. Stolba has written numerous opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal, the actually do not help women’s progress, The The AEI Press Manchester Union-Leader, the Houston Feminist Dilemma will spark controversy Publisher for the American Enterprise Institute and change the way we think about equality Chronicle, the Salt Lake Tribune, and the 1150 17th St., N.W. Orlando Sentinel. Washington, D.C. 20036 between men and women. $25.00 S F T THE THE U THE O R L C B FEMINIST FEMINIST H FEMINIST A T DILEMMA DILEMMA G DILEMMA O T DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH T - When Success Is When Success Is R When Success Is O CHRISTINE STOLBA Not Enough Not Enough T Not Enough H Praise for Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolba Over the past several decades, American women have gradually overcome the legal “Furchtgott-Roth and Stolba do an excellent job of explaining the choices women make in T and cultural barriers to equal opportunity. Diana Furchtgott- balancing work and family.” H W Women now receive over half of all B.A.s and Roth was a resident E h M.A.s, and working women have become the fellow at the Amer- —Wendy Lee Gramm, Former Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission e rule rather than the exception. Women are n ican Enterprise Insti- F “The authors’ careful analysis . illuminates the extraordinary achievement of American becoming physicians, lawyers, CEOs, and E tute from 1993 to S THE women in the past half-century and points the way to greater opportunities ahead.” u scientists and are founding their own busi- 2001. She is coau- M c nesses in record numbers. thor with Christine c —Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Former Ambassador to the United Nations I e Stolba of Women’s N In The Feminist Dilemma, Diana s s Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolba argue Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic I I S that even though women’s opportunities are Progress of Women in America (1999). Her s T now equal, women’s and men’s choices are N FEMINIST articles on labor and tax policy have been Praise for Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolbas not always the same. Ironically, the achieve- published in the Washington Post, the Wall o Womens Figures D Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, the t ment of women’s equality poses a serious I E Los Angeles Times, and other publications. “The way in which women have finally attained economic and professional equality with L dilemma for contemporary feminists, who do n E not want to acknowledge that some of men is the latest triumph of the American democratic and enterprise system. This author- o u itative study assembles all the statistical and sociological evidence and presents it with M DILEMMA women’s choices, such as studying literature g rather than mathematics, leaving the work power and clarity.” M h force to raise children, or even working part- —Paul Johnson, Author, History of the American People A time, lead to fewer women in top jobs. The Christine Stolba is “The 74 cents statistic and related propaganda masquerading as social science are arrows flaw in contemporary feminist thinking, a senior fellow with in the quivers of those waging the American left’s unending struggle to change the Furchtgott-Roth and Stolba contend, is its the Independent Wo- American premise, which stresses equality of opportunity, not equality of outcomes. insistence that anything less than statistical men’s Forum and an Furchtgott-Roth and Stolba have better figures.” parity with men in any field—or even on col- adjunct scholar at lege sports teams—is proof of discrimination the American Enter- —George Will, Newsweek against women. prise Institute. The When Success Is Explaining how the contemporary femi- coauthor of Women’s nists’ ideological campaign in the courts and Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic CURRENT AFFAIRS/WOMEN’S STUDIES in Congress is undermining the principles of Progress of Women in America (1999), $25.00 Not Enough our economic system and how those efforts Ms. Stolba has written numerous opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal, the actually do not help women’s progress, The The AEI Press Manchester Union-Leader, the Houston Feminist Dilemma will spark controversy Publisher for the American Enterprise Institute and change the way we think about equality Chronicle, the Salt Lake Tribune, and the 1150 17th St., N.W. Orlando Sentinel. Washington, D.C. 20036 between men and women. The Feminist Dilemma The Feminist Dilemma When Success Is Not Enough Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Christine Stolba The AEI Press –––––––––––––– Publisher for the American Enterprise Institute WASHINGTON, D.C. 2001 Available in the United States from the AEI Press, c/o Publisher Resources Inc., 1224 Heil Quaker Blvd., P.O. Box 7001, La Vergne, TN 37086-7001. To order, call toll free: 1-800-937-5557. Distributed outside the United States by arrange- ment with Eurospan, 3 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8LU, England. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Furchtgott-Roth, Diana The feminist dilemma: when success is not enough / Diana Furchtgott- Roth and Christine Stolba p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8447-4129-9 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Feminism—United States. 2. Women’s rights—United States. 3. Women—Employment—United States. 4. Sex discrimination—United States. 5. Equality—United States. I. Stolba, Christine. II. Title. 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