Classic Quote of the Week: Ann Oakley on the Sociology of Women’s Unpaid Work

Ann Oakley is a white woman with greying blonde hair below her chin and a fringe. She wears silver stud earrings and she is smiling

Your classic sociology quote for the week, colleagues: “Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman’s natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.” – Ann Oakley, 1974.ย Woman’s Work: The Housewife, Past and Present. Our blind and physically handicapped colleagues from the USA can read this free from the Open Library.

A pink broom bside fluffly white slippers and black pants. Quote says: Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a womanโ€™s natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive. โ€“ Ann Oakley, from Womanโ€™s Work: The Housewife and Present, 1974.

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