“Heading Home: Women, Work, and Identity in America by Shandy and Moe

The comparison of small talk and American ideals are compared to other countries, and the class systems that exist everywhere in different capacities are discussed in this article.  Also discussed are women's role in the advancement of industry, in particular is the post World War II America that saw the strength of women as men fought, an important shift in the workplace that made the backbone of our workplace much stronger as women left the home and enetered the workplace, bolstering the productive capabilities of our country.  Also discussed is the push for women to get "back in the home," which is hard to do once they are already an important part in the workplace of America.  This gives most women a choice between homemaking or working, an important advancement in our culture that enables women to choose their path in life, an important aspect of freedom that is indifferent to sex.  Women that work the "secon-shift" in the home are the strongest workers, as after working all day they still care for their home afterwards, overworking women.  Single moms are a great example of this aspect of workers in the US, and even my own mother has earned her MBA and progressed to a great job, but she still needs to care for my home.  This busy life of work is admirable and I have the utost respect for women that can control a home while maintaining a job as I have experienced it firsthand.  I' glad that women have increased respect in the workplace today, and can only hope that the disparities between genders can become closer and women get the respect they deserve given all of their work.