Questions for ”
Women Are Household Slaves
” by
Edith M. Stern
Why did housewives accept their chores and confinements, according to Stern? How did their experiences differ from the “nauseating . . . bilge” in the press?
Why did Stern believe housewives were comparable to slaves? Did her comparison fail to mention important differences between housewives and workers or slaves?
In what ways did housewifery block “any true liberation of women”? How could women liberate themselves from housewifery? Why did Stern believe that there was “ little prospect of a Housewives’ Rebellion”?
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