CONCLUSION
A BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT
Tumble outta bed and I stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition.
—Dolly Parton, “9 to 5”
In 1980, long before the coauthors of this book entered the workforce, 9 to 5 became the second-highest-grossing film of the year (exceeded in ticket sales only by Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back).1 At a time when workplace harassment, differential treatment, and demeaning language toward women were widely accepted, the film offered a satisfying fantasy of justice as three women, played by stars Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin, exact revenge on their outrageously sexist boss. While the average workplace of today is a vast improvement over that of the film—in which women are physically harassed ...
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