Vol. 136 No. 19
NATION
The law is looking into the womb. And expectant mothers who drink or use drugs may be held liable for damage to their fetuses
Georgie Porgie Is a Bully
It's Our Turn
Long the outsiders in politics, women now find themselves running on the inside track
Odds & Trends
Polls Apart
Sorry, Sisters, This Is Not the Revolution (The Road To Equality)
The Dreams of Youth (The Road To Equality)
The View from Behind Bars
The number of women inmates tripled in the past decade. Most are mothers. They face a system designed and run by men for men
WORLD
Challenge In the East
The emerging democracies offer a chance for women to share real, rather than cosmetic, power
Condolences, It's a Girl
China's one-child-per-couple policy has inflamed the ancient preference for sons
Life Behind the Veil Muhammad boosted women's rights, but today Islam often means oppression
Who Needs Equality?
Not Japanese women, if it means leading the dreary lives of their men
World Trouble Spots
Africa: A Ritual Of Danger
World Trouble Spots
Asia: Discarding Daughters
World Trouble Spots
Brazil: Crimes of Passion
World Trouble Spots
India: Till Death Do Us Part
World Trouble Spots
Israel: Agony of The Agunot
SOCIETY
Men and women just don't see things the same way. Some surprising new studies of schoolgirls show why
Couples The Lesbians Next Door (The Changing Family)
They are probably as numerous as gay men, but they don't get the press. They are America's invisible women.
Essay What Do Men Really Want? (The Changing Family)
Stoic and sensitive have been cast aside, leaving postfeminist males confused, angry and desperately seeking manhood
Fitness Work That Body! (Self & Society)
Fewer curves, more muscles: a sweat-soaked revolution redefines the shape of beauty
Living Last Call for Motherhood (The Changing Family)
More and more single women are choosing to be unmarried . . . with children
Medicine A Perilous Gap (Self & Society)
Many drugs are tested on men only, creating grave doubts for female patients
The Great Experiment (The Changing Family)
Today's parents are raising children in ways that little resemble their own youth. The question that haunts them: Will the kids be all right?
Wives Caution: Hazardous Work (The Changing Family)
Looking for lifelong economic security? Don't bank on homemaking
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A feminist critique blasts old assumptions about how we judge an artist's works
She's Come a Long Way (Public Images)
Madison Avenue once focused on convincing women that fulfillment lay in whiter whites and tastier desserts. These days, who bakes?
Show Business Sauce, Satire and Shtick (Public Images)
Today's freshest funnywomen don't just tell jokes -- they also tell it like it is
Style Ode to a Tyrannical Muse (or Why I Love and Hate Fashion) (Public Images)
Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page Vol. 136, No. 19 FALL 1990
Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead Vol. 136, No. 19 FALL 1990
BUSINESS
The 21st century work force is taking shape now. And guess what? White, U.S.-born men are a minority. Employers must learn to compete for the best of a diverse lot
Running Hard Just to Keep Up (On The Job)
Why Can't a Woman Manage More Like . . . a Woman? (On The Job)
Goodbye to the male clone: today's executive prefers to play by her own rules
PEOPLE
Combining talent and drive, 10 tough-minded women create individual rules for success