The Opt-Out Myth

if journalism repeatedly frames the wrong problem, then the folks who make public policy may very well deliver the wrong solution. If women are happily choosing to stay home with their babies, that's a private decision. But it's a public policy issue if most women (and men) need to work to support their families, and if the economy needs women's skills to remain competitive. It's a public policy issue if schools, jobs, and other American institutions are ... Full Story »

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Rory O'Connor
4.6
by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

An in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the "Opt-Out Myth" ("Why don’t more women get to the top? They choose not to." ) pushed incessantly by the media for literally decades. On a meta-level, this also piece makes a great NewsTrust point, one that is quite relevant to many other areas of disscussion: "if journalism repeatedly frames the wrong problem, then the folks who make public policy may very well deliver the wrong solution." “Opt Out or Pushed Out?” should be on every news, business, and feature editor’s desk.

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