Famous quotes containing the word hochschild:
“Three factorsthe belief that child care is female work, the failure of ex-husbands to support their children, and higher male wages at workhave taken the economic rug from under that half of married women who divorce.”
—Arlie Hochschild (20th century)
“If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being mothers only accomplishment, todays children may suffer from an underestimation of their needs. Our idea of what a child needs in each case reflects what parents need. The childs needs are thus a cultural football in an economic and marital game.”
—Arlie Hochschild (20th century)
“As long as the womans work that some men do is socially devalued, as long as it is defined as womans work, as long as its tacked onto a regular work day, men who share it are likely to develop the same jagged mouth and frazzled hair as the coffee-mug mom. The image of the new man is like the image of the supermom: it obscures the strain.”
—Arlie Hochschild (20th century)