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> "a woman's place is in the home, preferably barefoot and pregnant" Is this your own quote or something that was used before the women's lib era you reference
by vowelless 9y ago
> "a woman's place is in the home, preferably barefoot and pregnant"
Is this your own quote or something that was used before the women's lib era you reference ?
- tptacek 9y agoIt's obviously not his own quote; it's quite famous, and it is not an ironic coinage by the women's liberation movement.
- andrewflnr 9y agoI'm not sure why you think it was obvious, but it definitely wasn't. Not everyone has heard of everything that's "quite famous". I had to look it up, too.
- tptacek 9y agoI'm not making a value judgement, just observing that it's extremely well-known in western culture, and obviously not something the commenter came up with themselves.
- vowelless 9y agoMy mistake in that case. I moved to America about 10 years ago. I still get caught off guard by some of the cultural (especially historical) elements of western culture. I should probably get more educated about this stuff.
- mikestew 9y agoI should probably get more educated about this stuff. Meh, it's my fault for not considering an international audience when using my colloquialisms without explanation. It's one of those phrases that I heard so much growing up, it didn't even occur to me that it was indeed colloquial to at least western culture, if not specific to the U. S.
- MBCook 9y agoI was born in the US, I'm over 30. I didn't recognize it.
- DanBC 9y agoHN has an international, and mostly young, audience.
- s0rce 9y agoI thought everyone was a mid-thirties tech worker in the bay area /s
- vowelless 9y agoI found it intriguing and provacting. I searched online (but only now realised I had searched the string with the quotes which did an exact search ) and found only a handful of very recent websites / blogs. The linked wiki page is very helpful !
- humanrebar 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_and_pregnant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_and_pregnant
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- mikestew 9y agoA common phrase when I was growing up in the U. S., not coincidentally in the 60s and 70s. Usually in the context of something like, "anti-abortion advocates would prefer women all stay barefoot and pregnant", in contrast to women making their own decisions about childbirth, employment, or spousal choice. Others have supplied references to its usage. And thanks for the reminder that what I consider common usage hasn't been "common" for quite some time. :-)
- irrational 9y agoI've always heard it with the addition of "and chained to the stove with enough slack to get to the bed".