Is Marriage Worth It?
June 10, 2016 6:32 PM   Subscribe

“Study after study has shown that it is men, not women, who benefit most from marriage and long-term partnership... It is more than possible for those who perform emotional and domestic labour to be alienated from the products of that labour, especially when so little recompense is on offer. Emotional and domestic labour is work, and women have been putting up with terrible working conditions for far too long.”
posted by a strong female character (1 comment total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: We've had long discussions about Penny's view on marriage v singlehood and on the two books she mentions here; this is substantially the same ground. -- LobsterMitten



 
You know those Blue Zones where people have super long life expectancies? I think in several decades scientists will discover that Crone Island is among them.
posted by phunniemee at 6:38 PM on June 10, 2016 [3 favorites]


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