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I thought that it was interesting how Josephine Conger-Koneko believed so strongly that women should be payed for housework. I especially thought that it was interesting how she expected a woman's husband's boss to pay her for her house labor, as it was the woman who made it possible for the man to work. However, she brings about a point she never truly expands upon; although it was unusual, not every working man did marry eventually. What about these men? They still managed to attend work without a wife taking care of their home. And if Conger-Koneko received her wish and women were paid for their labor at home, should these men be paid double for attending work and for taking care of their home? | I thought that it was interesting how Josephine Conger-Koneko believed so strongly that women should be payed for housework. I especially thought that it was interesting how she expected a woman's husband's boss to pay her for her house labor, as it was the woman who made it possible for the man to work. However, she brings about a point she never truly expands upon; although it was unusual, not every working man did marry eventually. What about these men? They still managed to attend work without a wife taking care of their home. And if Conger-Koneko received her wish and women were paid for their labor at home, should these men be paid double for attending work and for taking care of their home? | ||
-Anna K Holman | -Anna K Holman | ||
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| + | I found this article the most interesting out of all of them. Josephine Conger-Koneko takes a very hard line on the position that women should be paid for their housework. I also found it interesting how she equivocated a woman's life in the home doing housework for her husband as the life of a slave. She seems to be a bit radical in her discussion of women being paid for household duties. I also found it striking that Koneko argues that a husband should go to his employer and ask for wages for his wife at home doing the housework and how men getting married is actually benefical more for the employer because then he will have a continuing work force. Did women during this time believe they should be paid for work, and if after reading this, did woman's groups advocate paid labor for women working in the home? -abratchi | ||
'''Margaret Sanger’s epiphany over birth control – 1936''' | '''Margaret Sanger’s epiphany over birth control – 1936''' | ||
