working class civil society (was Re: ClassCeiling--Ehrenreich)

[Peter K.]

Yoshie:
>It seems moralistic to me to argue against the commodification of cleanig
>houses, while we have already accepted the commodification of sewing,
>bread-making, laundry, eating at restaurants, child care, geriatric care,
>etc.  Why say the former is bad while the latter is OK?  What's next?
>Shaming feminists who trust their old parents with a nursing home?

If you had finished the article, you would have noticed that she brings this
all up. It seems to me she's highlighting a contradiction of a certain kind
of feminism. Feminists, rightly, battled men over what share of the work in
the private sphere they perform. When men wouldn't give in, the compromise
entailed hiring a maid.

Peter