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I found the beginning of the first article, about the story written by Susan Keating Glaspell, incredibly interesting. It showed how gendered food preparation in the home became. Since they no longer spent much time in the kitchen the men investigating the murder did not see the clues in the “woman’s work”- Megan Mc. | I found the beginning of the first article, about the story written by Susan Keating Glaspell, incredibly interesting. It showed how gendered food preparation in the home became. Since they no longer spent much time in the kitchen the men investigating the murder did not see the clues in the “woman’s work”- Megan Mc. | ||
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| + | I found the ending statement, “labor saving devices failed to liberate women from housework, on the contrary, women spent at least as much time as before meeting higher standards, and the sexual division of labor in the home was reinforced.” While I do agree with the statement concerning the division of labor, the author (in my opinion) puts a negative context on the ending that these devices are not as important as other devices that a household would purchase for more “masculine” duties. A few pages before the final remarks, Nebraska farm women compare the technology they wish for in relation to what their husbands have. At first when reading what they wanted, I did not think about how the devices of technology aimed towards men were more for becoming more efficient in production by saving time and money along with producing much more. This draws a parallel to that argument that the women make in both devices help men the home/work environment more efficient in the with their technology. – Megan Gallagher | ||
== Venus Green == | == Venus Green == | ||
