Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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My guest today is the journalist Lisa Selin Davis, author of a new book titled 'Housewife: Why Women Still Do It All and What to Do Instead.' We spoke about the history of the American suburbs, the legacy of Betty Friedan, and the social costs of the mass influx of middle class women into the labour market.
In the extended part of the episode we also spoke about the so-called 'two income trap' and the demise of the single earner breadwinner model.
02:10 Language evolution of ‘housewife’
08:30 Full time working mothers vs housewives
11:23 Life in suburbia
20:31 Betty Friedan - why unhappiness sells
20:07 White whiny women
29:40 ‘Affluenza’
37:21 Fetishisation of the ‘trad-wife’
43:23 Are women screwed no matter what?
49:30 Replicating the clan through market or state
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📰 Subscribe to Maiden Mother Matriarch here to listen to full extended episodes: louiseperry.substack.com
My guest today is the journalist Lisa Selin Davis, author of a new book titled 'Housewife: Why Women Still Do It All and What to Do Instead.' We spoke about the history of the American suburbs, the legacy of Betty Friedan, and the social costs of the mass influx of middle class women into the labour market.
In the extended part of the episode we also spoke about the so-called 'two income trap' and the demise of the single earner breadwinner model.
02:10 Language evolution of ‘housewife’
08:30 Full time working mothers vs housewives
11:23 Life in suburbia
20:31 Betty Friedan - why unhappiness sells
20:07 White whiny women
29:40 ‘Affluenza’
37:21 Fetishisation of the ‘trad-wife’
43:23 Are women screwed no matter what?
49:30 Replicating the clan through market or state
MMM is sponsored by 321 - a new online introduction to Christianity, presented by former MMM guest Glen Scrivener. Check it out for free at 321course.com/MMM. Just enter your email, choose a password and you’re in — there’s no spam and no fees.
The MMM podcast can also be found on Apple, Spotify, and all other streaming platforms: https://linktr.ee/maidenmothermatriarch
Follow Maiden Mother Matriarch on social media:
Twitter: @maiden_podcast
Instagram: @maiden_mother_matriarch
TikTok: @maiden_podcast
#LouisePerry #Housewife #MaidenMotherMatriarch
