“When a man is forced into early retirement, he is often being 'given up for a younger man.' Being forced into early retirement can be to a man what being 'given up for a younger woman' is for a woman... Why do many men get more upset by retirement than women do from the empty nest when their children leave home? When females retire from children, they can try a career; when a man retires from a career, his children are gone.” MenTryingChildrenHomeGivenCareersGoneFemaleEmptyUpsetRetirementRetiringGiven UpNestsEmpty Nest Author:Warren Farrell
“In a sense, sexual harassment lawsuits are just the latest version of the female selection process allowing her to select for men who care enough for her to put their career at risk; who have enough finesse to initiate without becoming a jerk and enough guts to initiate despite a potential lawsuit. In the past, though, the process of his overcoming her barriers was called 'courtship.' Now it is called either 'courtship' or 'sexual harassment'.” MenEnoughCarePastProcessCareersRiskBecomingFemaleOvercomingVersionsDespiteGutsBarriersAllowingWho CaresSelectionSelectJerkHarassmentCourtshipInitiateLawsuitFinesse Author:Warren Farrell
“I don't like [the pressure] that people put on me, on women, that you've failed yourself as a female because you haven't procreated. This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is.” PeopleWantSaidMotherCareersHavensFemalePressureFocusedDrivenSelfish Author:Jennifer Aniston
“(H)er qualifications for the Supreme Court are non-existent. She is not a brilliant jurist, indeed, has never been a judge. She is not a scholar of the law. Researchers are hard-pressed to dig up an opinion. She has not had a brilliant career in politics, the academy, the corporate world or public forum. Were she not a friend of Bush, and female, she would never have even been considered.” WorldHardLawOpinionCareersJudgingFemaleCourtBrilliantSupremeCorporateScholarSupreme CourtAcademyResearchersQualificationsForumsCorporate WorldJurists Author:Pat Buchanan
“In the career of female fame, there are few prizes to tie obtained which can vie with the obscure state of a beloved wife or a happy mother.” StatesMotherCareersWifeFameFemaleBelovedTiesPrizeObscureBeloved Wife Author:Jane Porter
“I'm really happy to be on the cover as a strong female who has created her own career.” StrongCareersFemaleReally HappyStrong Female Author:Katy Perry
“A female's career as an actor is very different from a male's career as an actor. That's just the way it is. So, I'm fascinated by really strong male careers that have inspired me, and also really incredible male roles.” WayDifferentActorsStrongCareersRolesFemaleInspiredMalesIncrediblesFascinated Author:Abbie Cornish
“I think the must-have power qualities for a female or male power leader are really the ability to focus, to work hard, to be extremely goal oriented and to not let the noise and the nonsense interfere with your mission - what you really feel you want to do with your career and your life.” ThinkingWantFeelsHardGoalAbilityQualityLeaderCareersFocusHard WorkFemaleMalesMissionsNoiseNonsenseInterfereGoal Oriented Author:Anne Sweeney
“Every woman with a career has to make sacrifices when it comes to her children. It's no different with me, as a political activist, than with businesswomen, of which there are thankfully more and more in Russia. Or a female cabinet minister.” ChildrenDifferentPoliticalCareersSacrificeFemaleRussiaMinistersActivistCabinets Author:Nadezhda Tolokonnikova