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'''Gilman's argument - that women should be able to work outside the home so they can do more specialized labor and further progress - was surprising, and honestly had me disagreeing with her.''' I get what she's saying that women need not be in the home for the family to survive and be loved and cared for, but '''I actually felt she didn't give housewives near enough credit for both the value of the actual labor they do and the emotional labor of raising their children.''' She's right that they can do that while still working outside the home, but I think the dismissive way she goes about suggesting women leave the home for the good of society would have been very off-putting to women of the time who valued and enjoyed the work they did in the home, even if that wasn't all they wanted to do. --Katie C. | '''Gilman's argument - that women should be able to work outside the home so they can do more specialized labor and further progress - was surprising, and honestly had me disagreeing with her.''' I get what she's saying that women need not be in the home for the family to survive and be loved and cared for, but '''I actually felt she didn't give housewives near enough credit for both the value of the actual labor they do and the emotional labor of raising their children.''' She's right that they can do that while still working outside the home, but I think the dismissive way she goes about suggesting women leave the home for the good of society would have been very off-putting to women of the time who valued and enjoyed the work they did in the home, even if that wasn't all they wanted to do. --Katie C. | ||
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| + | When I read this, I didn't really view it as dismissive. I think that she has found a new sense of freedom,and she wants all other women to realize that they can make a difference outside the home. I agree that often times "stay at home" mothers have negative stereotypes, but could she simply just have been excited for the opportunities she saw in her future?--Catherine K. | ||
== Overarching questions about Woloch, Chapter 13, Urban Wage Earners == | == Overarching questions about Woloch, Chapter 13, Urban Wage Earners == | ||
