Laura Kipnis on Stay-at-Home Moms

"...the role of stay-at-home mom espoused by conservatives is, ironically, entirely incompatible with the economic policies they also promote, unconstrained market capitalism having been far more radical in destabilizing the middle-class family than anything ever dreamed up by radical feminists. Although feminism often gets the credit (or the blame) for propelling women into the workforce, let's give credit where credit is actually due: the transition from and industrial economy to an information society required new kinds of workers, and women offered an available, cheaper, and typically more acquiescent labor pool."


This quote was taken from a book review called "Love or Money: The Matrimonial Mystique" in the June 2005 issue of Harper's Magazine. Kipnis was reviewing a book entitled Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage.