This book provides a rigorous and convincing analysis of the inadequacy of current policy and proposes a more thoroughgoing programme to achieve fairness and equality. The authors speculate about whether a new generation of female activists can produce the political pressure to change the culture of Britain. Over one hundred successful women were interviewed about what it takes for a woman to get to the top. The statistics are startling. Britain is an 80/20 nation: 80 per cent of the most powerful jobs are occupied by men and only 20 per cent by women. In spite of its claim to be a modern nation, Britain is conditioned by a legacy that views men as doers and leaders and expects women to be helpers and supporters. Many men still judge women more by their appearance than by their ability. Most shocking of all, this resource reveals that the birth of children pushes the careers of most women into crisis. Mothers are paid less and promoted less. --