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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Professional ............................................................ 53
HAVING IT ALL by Sara Davidson ................................ 54
A balance of loving family and absorbing career is all it takes to be fulfilled. Easier said than done.
THE MYTH, FABLE, AND REALITY OF THE WORKING WOMAN by Adam Smith ............................................................ 65
What’s new is not that women are working, but that they are working in what used to be a man’s world.
THE $100,000 A YEAR WOMAN by Peter Davis ............. 70
She’s bright and attractive and earns far more than her peers. She’s a success addict who can’t afford to lose.
WHY ARE WOMEN CRAZY? by Lynda Barry .................... 95
Dating, working, and worrying about makeup and social issues is too much to handle without occasionally cracking.
Lover ................................................................. 99
THE CHEMISTRY OF LOVE by Ron Rosenbaum ............ 100
The mystery of love may be a mystery no more. Scientists have now discovered that it may be merely a matter of molecules.
DESIGNER DOUBLE TAKES by Vincent Boucher ........... 112
Selections from five designers who play dual roles as arbiters of style for men and women.
SOMETHING’S MISSING IN HOLLYWOOD by Richard Schickel ............................................................ 119
Women may have come a long way, but it’ll take a while before the real world shows up on the big screen.
Competitor ......................................................... 129
SHE SHOOTS TO CONQUER by Geoffrey Norman ........ 130
From scaling a 24,757-foot peak to mastering the biathlon, Jan Reynolds accomplishes almost everything she sets out to do.
Mother ................................................................. 141
THE CASE FOR STAYING HOME by Harry Stein .......... 142
Say what you will, day-care centers just don’t compare with a mother’s full-time attention to her child.
ADVICE AND COMFORT FOR THE WORKING MOTHER by Terri Minsky ............................................................ 153
Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton says working mothers are a necessity, so we might as well make it easier on them.
MAKING IT WITHOUT A MAN by Christopher Buckley ... 161
The “illegitimate” baby boom may have arrived, but still, raising a child without a father will never be a bed of roses.
Daughter ............................................................. 171
MY FATHER’S LIFE by Susan Cheever ...................... 172
Whether you’re the daughter of a writer or the father of one, your life is under special scrutiny.
LIVING WITH MODERN DAUGHTERS by George Leonard ............................................................ 181
We’ve heard quite a bit about the women born in these perilous and changing times—what about their fathers?
CAITLIN by Judith Rossner ....................................... 193
For eight years she lived with them as a mother with no authority, a daughter who cared for them instead of requiring care.
Activist ................................................................. 201
LIBERATION’S NEXT WAVE, ACCORDING TO GLORIA STEINEM by Betsy Carter ............................................................ 202
It’s time to take stock, to incorporate the lessons of the past. And the future, Steinem says, looks bright.
ERMA BOMBECK GETS THE DIRT OUT by Roy Blount Jr. ............................................................ 208
In her no-nonsense way, Erma Bombeck tells the truth about the modern American home, and the truth is not pretty.
THE REAL AND EVER-WIDENING GENDER GAP by Barbara Ehrenreich ............................................................ 213
On crucial issues, statistics say women are more liberal than men, and the values gap is still growing.
THE POLITICAL WOMAN’S LONG, HARD CLIMB by Nicholas von Hoffman ............................................................ 219
There are more women in office now, but they’ve had to work twice as hard to get there as their male colleagues have.
Partner ................................................................. 225
THE PARTNERSHIP by Anthony Brandt .................... 227
The modern marriage is a match of equals in which nothing is taken for granted.
SEX AND THE MARRIED MAN by C.D.B. Bryan .......... 235
In the course of a marriage, the relationship between husband and wife takes many turns, but it endures.
GOOD FORM .......................................................... 247
Though the old rules of etiquette no longer apply, social courtesy still exists; the game’s just played with new rules.
DARK SECRETS by Erica Abeel ............................... 258
Despite drastic changes in a woman’s role in society, psychoanalysts report that the basic anxieties remain the same.