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" It’s rare for the patriarchy to show its hand this clearly, but there you go; guilt, not joy, kept Mama in place. Women had to be confined to childbearing and child-rearing, but they also had to believe there was something wrong with them if they didn’t enjoy it. "

, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers


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 quote : It’s rare for the patriarchy to show its hand this clearly, but there you go; guilt, not joy, kept Mama in place. Women had to be confined to childbearing and child-rearing, but they also had to believe there was something wrong with them if they didn’t enjoy it.