[lbo-talk] Kinder, Kuche, Kirche

[joanna bujes]

At 04:34 PM 04/09/2003 -0700, Woj wrote:
>You assume these men think in terms of economic rationality.  I do not.
>A good chunk of the US male population do not want "their" women to work
>even though they earn pittance.  Having control of "their" women is far
>more important than having an extra income.  I know that from
>observation.

Never mind the rationality of the men; I'm saying that a family living on 
one salary cannot consume anything other than rent, food, and one car. That 
just doesn't do much for the consumer economy. How do you have capitalism 
when everybody is  canning their own peaches and sewing their own clothes?

Joanna