As motherhood as a "private enterprise" declines and more mothers rely on the work of lower-paid specialists, the value accorded the work… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
What is for sale, what is not? If we really think that making your apologies to your wife or reading a bedside… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Children born of married parents in America face a higher risk of seeing them break up than children born of unmarried parents… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“An empathy wall is an obstacle to deep understanding of another person, one that can make us feel indifferent or even hostile… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Just as the archetype of the supermom--the woman who can do it all--minimizes the real needs of women, so too the archetype… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“They had children to take care of and felt wary of supporting any environmental movement or federal government action that might jeopardize… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Three factors--the belief that child care is female work, the failure of ex-husbands to support their children, and higher male wages at… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Most women without children spend much more time than men on housework; with children, they devote more time to both housework andchild… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
In response to our fast-food culture, a 'slow food' movement appeared. Out of hurried parenthood, a move toward slow parenting could be… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being "mother's only accomplishment," today's children may… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
I was 13 when my parents moved to Israel, and I was put in a Scottish mission school. Ninety-nine percent of the… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
The strategy we need to pursue is one of recovering our time - to push back on our hours of work. We… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
The more we rely on the market, the more hooked we become on its promises: Do you need a tidier closet? A… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
For many of us, work is the one place where we feel appreciated. The things that we long to experience at home - pride… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Lee, who had borne the guilt of polluting public waters and been cheated by a dishonest official at a tax office, wanted to feel… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Not only have the country's two main political parties split further apart on such issues, but political feeling also runs deeper than it did… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
As motherhood as a "private enterprise" declines and more mothers rely on the work of lower-paid specialists, the value accorded the work of mothering… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“We're on this earth for a limited amount of time," he says, leaning on the edge of the window. "But if we get our… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
And the Republican Party especially associates the market with the idea of progress, goodness, family, and points us toward the mall as an answer… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Could it be, I wonder, that there is such a thing as a wantologist, someone we can hire to figure out what we want?… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Each marriage bears the footprints of economic and cultural trends which originate far outside marriage. — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“A Lake Charles-based artist, Sally was a progressive Democrat who in 2016 primary favored Bernie Sanders. Sally's very dear friend and worl-traveling flight attendant… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“In the life of one man, Lee Sherman, I saw reflected both sides of the Great Paradoz--the need for help and a principled refusal… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Companies made money and were beholden to stockholders; it was understandable if they tried to “cover their ass,” people told me. But the government… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“They had children to take care of and felt wary of supporting any environmental movement or federal government action that might jeopardize them.” — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
