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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Generation X women were promised they could do anything, yet the promise failed to match reality in practice.
Chapter 3: Gen X women confront ageism and sexism simultaneously throughout the modern workplace.
Chapter 4: Gen X women’s ambitions are undermined by overwhelming, ever-growing burdens of debt.
Chapter 5: Even as Gen X women are more active in the workforce, they now spend much more time on childcare.
Chapter 6: Gen X women must care for small children and aging parents at once, and receive little support.
Chapter 7: Gen X women may struggle to find the right partner or have children when they’re ready.
Chapter 8: Hormonal shifts profoundly affect women in midlife, yet adequate medical understanding and support are still lacking today.
Chapter 9: Make peace with your midlife crisis by facing reality honestly.
Description
Why We Can’t Sleep (2020) explores the question of why American women from Generation X are experiencing a midlife crisis. These women were sold the story that nothing was stopping them from achieving their wildest dreams, when in reality they’ve faced enormous challenges to get ahead. Not only did they graduate into a disastrous job market, they also face gender and age discrimination and all too often end up having to care for young children and elderly parents simultaneously. Everything they’ve achieved has been against enormous odds.
Who Should Listen
- Women born between 1965 and 1980 seeking affirmation for their exhaustion
- People interested in how parenting has changed over generations
- Economists interested in the human toll of stock market crashes