"Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder"
- Thornton Wilder
About this Quote
This quote by Thornton Wilder recommends that marriage is a motivator to make the house cleaner feel as though she has even more authority and also control within the family. The act of marrying and also becoming a spouse apparently raises her status from being a plain caretaker to being the decision-maker and head of the home. This quote may additionally recommend that in marital relationships where conventional sex duties are still supported, the partner's duty is mostly that of a housekeeper rather than an equivalent companion, as well as the act of marital relationship is an effort to legitimize this unequal power dynamic. On the whole, this quote highlights the power characteristics existing in traditional marriages and also the regarded importance of condition within a household.
This quote is written / told by Thornton Wilder between April 17, 1897 and December 7, 1975. He was a famous Writer from USA, the quote is categorized under the topic Marriage. The author also have 33 other quotes.
"I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage"
