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Poll finds wide support for women in workplace

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Thu Oct 15 2009

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Men and women are accepting - and even embracing - the increasing role of women in the workplace, but many are still struggling with the repercussions on family life.

Those are some of the findings of a nationwide survey released Thursday in conjunction with a major report on the status of women by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress.

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"The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything" takes an in-depth look at what has happened, and what still needs to happen, now that women make up virtually half the work force, up from about one-third of the work force 40 years ago.

The survey found that around three-quarters of men and women believe that the growing presence of women in the workplace has been very or somewhat positive for American society and the economy.

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