The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household m…

Crystal Eastman
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The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him. ✨ Crystal Eastman (1978). Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution, Oxford University Press, USA
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If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it's false and useless. ✨ Crystal Eastman (1978). Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution, Oxford University Press, USA
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The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him. ✨ Crystal Eastman (1978). Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution, Oxford University Press, USA

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