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← Marriage is flawed when women enter it for food and clothes and men for cooks and housekeepers

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 25 Jan 2026.

Everything filed under patience patience Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under family family Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Marriage is flawed when women enter it for food and clothes and men for cooks and housekeepers Marriage is flawed when women enter it forfood and clothes and men for cooks andhousekeepers CG Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Many women must support themselves without access to varied work or education, so they are raised to see marriage as their one object — tap to centre the map on it Many women must support themselveswithout access to varied work oreducation, so they are raised to seemarriage as their one object HM Harriet Martineau — holds since c. 1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: Marriage generally lowers a woman, costing her individuality and independent character — tap to centre the map on it Marriage generally lowers a woman,costing her individuality andindependent character SG Sarah Grimké — holds since c. 1837–1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: No society can flourish when most of its members are poor, and those who feed and house everyone deserve to be decently fed and housed — tap to centre the map on it No society can flourish when most ofits members are poor, and those whofeed and house everyone deserve tobe decently fed and housed Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: In society people cannot avoid being divided into rich who command and poor who serve — tap to centre the map on it In society people cannot avoid beingdivided into rich who command andpoor who serve VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because women do not hold property on equal terms with men, their cause may well be pleaded by a party like the anti-slavery one — tap to centre the map on it Because women do not hold propertyon equal terms with men, their causemay well be pleaded by a party likethe anti-slavery one Last stated 182 years ago 15 Nov 1844 MF Margaret Fuller — holds since 1844-11-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Women's exclusion from other occupations is probably kept up only to maintain their subordination at home — tap to centre the map on it Women's exclusion from otheroccupations is probably kept up onlyto maintain their subordination athome JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: Housewives are kept busy by house service, not by caring for children — tap to centre the map on it Housewives are kept busy by houseservice, not by caring for children CG Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: The point of marriage is to survive the moment incompatibility becomes undeniable — tap to centre the map on it The point of marriage is to survivethe moment incompatibility becomesundeniable GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1910 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on AI would be short-sighted, giving up on the problem too early. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on AI would be short-sighted,giving up on the problem too early. Last stated 3 years ago 25 May 2023 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A basic rule for better decisions is to slow down, especially when there is an immediate conviction. — tap to centre the map on it A basic rule for better decisions isto slow down, especially when thereis an immediate conviction. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A choice with no immediate payoff is not necessarily a poor one: many extraordinary things come from what is first-order negative and second-order positive. — tap to centre the map on it A choice with no immediate payoff isnot necessarily a poor one: manyextraordinary things come from whatis first-order negative andsecond-order positive. Last stated 11 years ago 12 Apr 2016 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2016-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Marriage is flawed when women enter it for food and clothes and men for cooks and housekeepers Last stated c. 1898 Holds Charlotte Perkins Gilman Read this korrent →