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Graduate Bulletin, 2014-2015 (2014), Minnesota State University Moorhead
Graduate Bulletin, 2014-2015 (2014), Minnesota State University Moorhead
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Shedding Gender Stigmas: Work-Life Balance Equity In The 21st Century, Erica M. Southworth
Shedding Gender Stigmas: Work-Life Balance Equity In The 21st Century, Erica M. Southworth
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The gender stigma of work-life balance (WLB) policies as concessions for mothers and female caregivers originated with the push by the Women’s Movement for gender workplace equity in the late 20th century. Unfortunately, this perception continues in the 21st century and retains the additional stigma of employee participation in these policies–—regardless of gender–—as a detrimental career move. Thus, home and work responsibilities for professionals of all genders who desire more occupational flexibility remain unreconciled. Despite this dominant national and international outlook, this article encourages new century organizations and profes- sionals to reject the traditional perception of occupational inequity through gender- …