Susan Maushart

Husbands and wives may say they are committed to equality. Yet, whether employed or not, wives still perform an astonishing share of the physical, emotional, and organisational labour in marriage—everything from housework to 'sex work'. Wifework is a shorthand for this relentless routine of husband maintenance. Women today initiate three-quarters of all divorces. Wifework, Maushart argues, lies at the core...

It was Susan Maushart's uberfeminist cousin Felicity who pointed out the sheer stupidity of writing a book about women and happiness. "Happiness means different things to different women, Susan. Don't you get it? It's about women formulating their own definition of happiness." I get it, all right. What's not to get? Feminism has graciously set us free. What it has...