So thrilled to receive my copy of @SarahDamaske’s The Tolls of Uncertainty. I had the privilege of reading drafts of this book and I whole heartedly recommend it for family, inequality, labor, and gender classes. @PrincetonUPress #AcademicTwitter #soctwitter 1/7 
Damaske’s book shows how the experience of unemployment, including the job loss, its consequences, the search for new work, and subsequent employment, are shaped by gender & class. As a consequence, gender & class inequalities are exacerbated by the unemployment process. 2/7
Women feel guilt for their job losses and make it up by sacrificing their health and wellbeing for their families and taking on extra household labor while men (particularly middle-class men) feel empowered to take time for themselves. 3/7
Class also matters. In Damaske’s book, we see that middle-class men are more likely to receive generous severance packages that allow them to be selective about where and under what conditions to return to the labor force. When they do, they mostly get “good jobs,” 4/7
while women and the working-class face financial and family pressures that pushed them into lower wage and less secure jobs (or no work at all). This widens class inequality even further. 5/7
In her book, Damaske offers solutions, pointing to the ways that the unemployment infrastructure in this country can be improved to support workers and those looking for work. 6/7
I was honored to read early drafts of this important work, and it is so good to see it in print! 7/7
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