I'm a hard worker and love my work. I have felt pulled toward work. And it's a pull I have ferociously had to counter to make room for my family. Arlie Russell Hochschild counterfamilyfelt Change image and share on social
It's been a long struggle. But we've made huge progress. I mean, when I started at Berkeley, women weren't allowed to be part of the band. No women were allowed into the male faculty club. I mean, I was there. I remember that! The worlds were so divided. So the change has been huge. Arlie Russell Hochschild allowbandberkeley share on social
The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects. Arlie Russell Hochschild aspirationdivorceequal share on social
People who volunteer at the recycling center or soup kitchen through a church or neighborhood group can come to feel part of something 'larger.' Such a sense of belonging calls on a different part of a self than the market calls on. The market calls on our sense of self-interest. It focuses us on what we 'get.' Arlie Russell Hochschild belongcallcenter share on social
In response to our fast-food culture, a 'slow food' movement appeared. Out of hurried parenthood, a move toward slow parenting could be growing. With vital government supports for state-of-the-art public child care and paid parental leave, maybe we would be ready to try slow love and marriage. Arlie Russell Hochschild appearartcare share on social
The emotional magnets beneath home and workplace are in the process of being reversed. Work has become a form of 'home' and home has become 'work.' Arlie Russell Hochschild beneathemotionalform Change image and share on social
What emotions would we experience if we weren't working ourselves to death? What wishes drive us? What fantasies hitch themselves to our continual busyness? Only when we step away from our frenzy can we know. Arlie Russell Hochschild busynesscontinualdeath share on social
Many of the young aspire to happy marriages and dot-com fortunes but end up in guarded love and okay-for-now jobs. Arlie Russell Hochschild aspiredotend Change image and share on social
The surface of American life looks smooth, prosperous, peaceful. But underneath, fault-line shifts in family and work life have led us into what some have called 'advanced insecurity.' Arlie Russell Hochschild advanceamericancall Change image and share on social
What is for sale, what is not? If we really think that making your apologies to your wife or reading a bedside story to your child are activities that we can pay a stranger to do, then, without moralising, what has happened to us? Arlie Russell Hochschild activityapologybedside share on social