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The legacy of women's war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war that created the demand read more
The legacy of women's war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war that created the demand for a technologically advanced, de-skilled, low-paid, non-unionized female workforce and paved the way for making part-time work the norm for married women now. A generation later, it was the daughters of wartime women workers who completed their mothers' campaign for equal pay.
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this read more
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.
The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask read more
The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home -- will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because then he becomes one of the children.
It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy read more
It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.
No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him read more
No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.
Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo...
Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo...
Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.
Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.
There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.
There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.