The Second Shift, ch. 16 (1989).

Three factors—the belief that child care is female work, the failure of ex-husbands to support their children, and higher male wages at work—have taken the economic rug from under that half of married women who divorce.

 

ATTRIBUTION: Arlie Hochschild (20th century), U.S. sociologist. The Second Shift, ch. 16 (1989).