Jessica Valenti

The “Woke” Men Who Still Want Housewives

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

Jessica Valenti
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Published in
3 min readDec 7, 2018

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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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Jessica Valenti
GEN
Writer for

Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.