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Wifework

Susan Maushart author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:3rd Mar '03

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Provocative, witty and extremely timely, the paperback of this compelling book about one of the most pressing ethical concerns of our age - the mixed blessing of being a wife!

A revealing and far- reaching investigation that wittily lifts the lid on the supposed equality of the modern family.'Men get one thing from marriage that women never do. They get wives.' Husbands and wives may say they are committed to equality. Yet, whether employed or not, wives still perform an astounding share of the physical, emotional and organisational labour in marriage - everything from housework to 'sex work'. 'Wifework' is shorthand for this relentless routine of husband maintenance. Women today initiate three-quarters of all divorces. Wifework, Maushart argues, lies at the core of their disillusionment. If family life is worth saving, wifework will have to go. And that means rewriting the job description to make marriage more equitable, less exhausting and more fun for women. In this compulsively readable book, Susan Maushart documents the wifework dilemma and explores its consequences for all the stakeholders: men, women and children alike. "Wifework" is funny, lucid, provocative and inspirational.

'Susan Maushart offers a lusty cry against self-betrayal with marriage ... she is an honest polemicist' TLS 'Wifework is 100% honest ... a smart and witty book" Publisher's Weekly

ISBN: 9780747561729

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 234g

288 pages

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