"The 'Woman Question' that vexed the 19th century was based on a profound uncertainty about what women were useful for." (Baumeister)
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
Industrialization made women's work obsolete more quickly than men's. Elevation of motherhood as important & fulfilling dates only to 1800s.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
Most people are not useful. There is no kitchen anymore.
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@sarahdoingthing have you read anything by keynes on this? i.e. the leisure economy or whatever he called it. been meaning to1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing from what i gather keynes was largely wrong but he at least saw a change coming1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@cwage this is great and awesomely relevant thanks http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf …
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