Sublime

A dificuldade de encontrar apoio para ser uma mulher insubmissa que resiste às normas sexistas ainda existe hoje para as mulheres jovens.

Long ago, Jeju’s men had been divers, but the Korean monarchs imposed such a high tax on their work that it was eventually given to women, who were taxed at a lower rate.

they weren't "feminine," they lacked "charm," now became a great comfort.

Refusing to limit that category to waged work, women’s strike activism is also withdrawing housework, sex, and smiles. By making visible the indispensable role played by gendered, unpaid work in capitalist society, it draws attention to activities from which capital benefits, but for which it does not pay.

Another much ignored trend at the time was the incredible labour force growth as a result of the women’s movement. The participation by married and single women in the workforce started growing in the mid ‘60s, which propelled the participation rate from a steady 59% to 64% by 1980. Since wages continued to grow despite the extra supply of labour,

Because in this rarefied world there is an unspoken but widely understood logic: girls are valuable; women are not.

Para a mulher de classe média, ainda recentemente valorizada por sua disposição de aceitar o isolamento do lar, a vida na rua e no escritório apresenta ansiedades desconhecidas, submetendo-a a um exame em público, que sua mãe e sua avó evitavam a qualquer preço.

This is a unique tension. Indeed, women should be much more wary today of what capitalism is offering them in the way of liberation than they should be of men.