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Ann Oakley
British
Sociologist
About the author
If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone.
Ann Oakley,
British
Sociologist
#Love
#Nothing
#Self
#Integrity
There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to change while there are women like that around.
Ann Oakley,
British
Sociologist
#Will
#Man
#Men
#Change
#Women
Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
Ann Oakley,
British
Sociologist
#Work
#Self
#Possibility
#Housework
Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.
Ann Oakley,
British
Sociologist
#Nothing
#Duty
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,
British
Sociologist
#Career
#Woman
#Society
#Fitness
Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.
Ann Oakley,
British
Sociologist
#Children
#Being
#May
#Mother
#Interest
#Development
#Dedication
#Housewife