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Jessica Valenti

The “Woke” Men Who Still Want Housewives

Men who claim to believe in equality often aren’t willing to live it

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Before my husband, Andrew, and I got married, he was in a book club made up mostly of progressive men. In one meeting, after reading about the disproportionate work women do in taking care of children and elderly parents, all the…

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