Art by: Tintoretto, Susanna and the Elders, 1555-6

source:https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/books/betty-friedans-feminine-mystique-50-years-later.html

During the fifties, Many women were always expected to have made dinner for their husband or children, washed clothes, cleaned the house, and memorized or written down the food shopping list, and because they “did not work” they “had plenty of free time.” Also, ladies were expected to wake up early, regardless of whether they had been busy or just couldn’t fall asleep till later. 

The woman in this picture is well aware that she works hard, yet she is labeled “lazy” because she did not comply with her partner’s wishes.

work cited:

https://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CThe+Politics+of+Housework%E2%80%9D&rlz=1CAPPDO_enUS965&sxsrf=AOaemvJ1Nm3aZT7lenyefExd9n3hCltEEg:1635612431659&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3huqPy_LzAhUMmuAKHbylAvkQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1366&bih=617&dpr=1#imgrc=1k7scTd9_DfwdM

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