Donna Addkison

Donna Addkison is the current President/CEO of Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), a national organization with a 45-year track record of working to improve economic security for women and families. For more information about Donna and WOW’s work, including policy, research, and direct service efforts, visit wowonline.org.

ABC’s “Work It” and the Myth of the “Mancession”

By Donna Addkison

“Women are taking over the workforce. Soon they’ll just start getting rid of the men,” says a character on ABC’s new sitcom, “Work It.” Obviously the writers and powers that be at ABC failed to check the facts before creating a comedy based on the mythological “mancession” that simply does not exist. A recent national [...]

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