the unpaid nature of mothering and housework makes housewives of all women because “no matter where we are they can always count on more work from us.” Women are expected to mother everywhere they go, to please and nurture and manage everyone’s emotions free of charge, because housework has not only “been imposed on women but also transformed into a natural attribute of our female physique and personality, an internal need, an aspiration, supposedly coming from the depth of our female character.”
