Marriage has been a way of attempting to ensure the replication of power and wealth from one generation of another, passing it down from men to men. Rebecca Traister attemptensuregeneration Change image and share on social
There is not a special place in Hell for people who didn't support Sarah Palin. Do you know what I mean? It's ridiculous. And there is certainly not a special place in Hell for women who don't support Hillary Clinton. Rebecca Traister clintonhellhillary share on social
Though Hillary Rodham married Bill Clinton 11 years after Camille Hanks married Bill Cosby, and after having earned her own law degree, the terms of her marriage were also shaped in their own way by a presumption of a husband's centrality and a wife's subsidiary nature. Rebecca Traister billcamillecentrality share on social
'The Cosby Show' was a show about black people that was fundamentally and unequivocally friendly to whiteness and to white people. The Huxtables had white friends. Rebecca Traister blackcosbyfriend Change image and share on social
The first big impact that feminism in the 1960s and '70s had was a big divorce boom in the '70s and '80s. That, in part, had an impact on how the children of that divorce boom viewed marriage. Rebecca Traister 1960s70s80s Change image and share on social
Hillary Clinton must have been as aware as anyone that by entering the presidential race she was kicking off a long-awaited social experiment. Rebecca Traister awaitawareclinton Change image and share on social
After Emancipation, black women married earlier and more often because they were legally free to do so for the first time, and that was true until after World War II. But middle-class white women married less and later. Rebecca Traister blackclassearly share on social
Single women will get us closer to gender equality, and that will take many forms, including a reimagining of what families entail and what it means to have a full female life. Also, their presence will force the government to support a population of independent women more capably. Rebecca Traister capablycloseentail share on social
There may be many benefits to working outside the home for wages, but it's certainly not been done as an act of liberation. It's an act of economic necessity and has been since the beginning of time. Rebecca Traister actbeginbenefit Change image and share on social
'The End of Men' was an incendiary title, but the actual book was very sympathetic to men. It was very invested in a lot of the challenges men are facing with unemployment and the economy changing because of technology. Rebecca Traister actualbookchallenge share on social
