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Additional authors

1. Naisbitt, John.

Description

1. xxiv, 388 pages; 25 cm

Summary

1. From "good ole boy" politics to the medical establishment, from organized religion to professional sports, the women of the 1990s are challenging and overturning the male-dominated status quo, reintegrating female values and perspectives and recasting the social, political and economic megatrends of the day. In Megatrends for Women, Patricia Aburdene and John Naisbitt, the internationally respected social forecasters who gave us the number one bestsellers Megatrends and Megatrends 2000, now outline the ways women are transforming every sector of contemporary life. Drawing on a wealth of data on social change, they offer example after example of women making a difference as CEO's, athletes and political and spiritual leaders. The women's movement has reached "critical mass" say Aburdene and Naisbitt, the point at which a trend becomes a megatrend. There may be setbacks, but women's march toward equality will henceforth become unstoppable. Chapter by chapter Megatrends for Women documents the sweeping changes women need to be aware of to be empowered now and in the future:. A record number of women candidates are seeking political office; a woman will be president of the United States by 2004;. Women-owned businesses employ as many people as all the Fortune 500 companies put together;. From homelessness to the environment, from population control to drug abuse and crime, women are asserting a leadership role in finding the solutions to the most intractable social problems;. Women dominate in six of the seven most popular fitness activities; at the 1992 Winter Olympics, women won all five of the U.S. gold medals;. Forty to fifty million women will undergo menopause in the next two decades; as activists, they will revolutionize medicine's approach to breast cancer and heart disease;. Whether theologians, nuns or New Agers, women are transforming both religion and spirituality by rejecting the notion of a male divinity and embracing the archetype of the Great Goddess;. After decades of male domination, female designers are now assuming leadership roles in the fashion business;. Women's natural leadership style in business is today's progressive management model and widely endorsed by male business gurus;. The new relationship between the United States and the former Soviet Union shifts the focus from military to domestic matters, opening the way for women to lead in the New World Order. Megatrends for Women describes the state of the art of women today and offers a prescient look at the future as women assume leadership in the 21st Century

Subject

1. Women > United States > Social conditions > Forecasting
2. Women > United States > Economic conditions > Forecasting
3. Social prediction > United States
4. Economic forecasting > United States
5. Twenty-first century > Forecasts
6. Women
7. Women's rights
8. Social history
9. Women
10. Women's Rights
11. Social Conditions
12. social history
13. women (female humans)
14. Women's rights
15. Social history
16. Economic forecasting
17. Social prediction
18. Twenty-first century
19. Women > Economic conditions > Forecasting
20. Women > Social conditions > Forecasting
21. Soziale Situation
22. Prognose
23. Frau
24. women
25. women workers
26. social change
27. life style
28. economic role
29. social role
30. future
31. political participation
32. sport
33. career development
34. clothing industry
35. religion
36. health
37. dual career couple
38. family
39. social participation
40. economic implication
41. social implication
42. femmes
43. travailleuses
44. changement social
45. mode de vie
46. rôle économique
47. rôle social
48. futur
49. participation politique
50. organisation de carrière
51. industrie du vêtement
52. santé
53. ménage à double carrière
54. famille
55. participation sociale
56. conséquences économiques
57. conséquences sociales
58. mujeres
59. trabajadoras
60. cambio social
61. estilo de vida
62. papel económico
63. papel social
64. futuro
65. participación política
66. deporte
67. desarrollo de la carrera
68. industria del vestido
69. religión
70. salud
71. pareja con doble carrera
72. familia
73. participación social
74. consecuencias económicas
75. consecuencias sociales
76. United States
77. USA
78. USA
79. Etats-Unis
80. Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

1. Forecasts
2. reference.
3. référence bibliographique.
4. referencia.

Contents

1. Women in politics : the road to the U.S. presidency -- The sporting life -- Women at work : opportunity, leadership and balance -- To hell with sexism : women in religion -- The menopause megatrend -- Collaborative couples -- Fashion : top down to bottom up -- The family revival -- The goddess reawakening -- Save the world : women as social activists -- Women in the new world order.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-370) and index.