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Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders by Alice H. Eagly, Linda L. Carli
bookish_gina's review
3.0
This book was required reading for school. There were some interesting points throughout the book, but this is not a book I would have picked up by choice.
_virginia_woolf's review against another edition
3.0
I suppose I should preface this review by saying I am a master's student in social psychology who is well-versed in gender studies along with feminist and queer theories and psychologies. I am also reviewing this book from my own perspective, which may not be that of most.
That being said, I was hopeful in going into this book but I am disappointed now that I've completed it. I thought that it was very simplistic, and also exclusionary: do you or do you not think that this labyrinth applies to non-White women? Does this apply to trans women? I am guessing not considering the research doesn't exist yet. Additionally, the entirety of the book is incredibly heteronormative - so how does this "labyrinth" apply to queer women who are aspiring leaders? This book didn't really tell me anything that I didn't already know. But as I stated earlier, this has been my main area of focus for the past five years or so. If anything, it generated more questions than answers that I am more than happy to use for future research. I am also disappointed in the "advice" that the authors provided for women in the next to last chapter. It seemed to me that, if anything, it was giving women advice in how to operate in this "man's world" but doesn't really do much to change it.
That being said, I was hopeful in going into this book but I am disappointed now that I've completed it. I thought that it was very simplistic, and also exclusionary: do you or do you not think that this labyrinth applies to non-White women? Does this apply to trans women? I am guessing not considering the research doesn't exist yet. Additionally, the entirety of the book is incredibly heteronormative - so how does this "labyrinth" apply to queer women who are aspiring leaders? This book didn't really tell me anything that I didn't already know. But as I stated earlier, this has been my main area of focus for the past five years or so. If anything, it generated more questions than answers that I am more than happy to use for future research. I am also disappointed in the "advice" that the authors provided for women in the next to last chapter. It seemed to me that, if anything, it was giving women advice in how to operate in this "man's world" but doesn't really do much to change it.
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