Comments on: Wouldn’t A Wife Be Great!?

By: chellax

chellax — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:17:36 +0000

I owe the beauty of my kitchen to property maintenance adelaide, with the way they fixed it...it's really amazing

By: Like Goldfish: The Sexual and Cultural Revolution in Ôoku, Vols. 3 & 4, Part 3 « The Lobster Dance

Sun, 15 May 2011 23:11:29 +0000

[...] about masculinity in modern US and Japanese society as evidence to the contrary. The idea that the popular form of masculinity of the 1980s (and 1950s) is outdated and represses men is slowly gaining some ground [...]

By: Sociological Images Update (Jan. 2010) » Sociological Images

Sociological Images Update (Jan. 2010) » Sociological Images — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:02:38 +0000

[...] Jessica H. sent us another example of a business marketing its services with gender: The Occasional Wife, and The Handy Husband and, Jessica’s find, Boyfriend for Hire. [...]

By: Quick hit: the gender binary fractal in geekdom | Geek Feminism Blog

Quick hit: the gender binary fractal in geekdom | Geek Feminism Blog — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:35:37 +0000

[...] thus: The gender binary–that is, the rule that everything (oh animals, jobs, food, kleenex, housework, sound, games, deordorant, love and sex, candy, vitamins, etc) gets split into male and [...]

By: Sociological Images Update (Nov. 2009) » Sociological Images

Sociological Images Update (Nov. 2009) » Sociological Images — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:13:56 +0000

[...] Dmitriy T.M. sent us another example of services being marketed as “wife” or “husband” services. [...]

By: What is the “Traditional” Age of Marriage? » Sociological Images

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:15:30 +0000

[...] see: everyone needs a wife and what does “traditional marriage” look like? 1 Comment Tags: age/aging, [...]

By: heather leila

heather leila — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:25:47 +0000

So, just next to The Occasional Wife, a store called Queen on the Scene has opened up. This could also lead to some good discussion on where homosexual men fit into a domestic sphere- and where they don’t. Check out the store’s logo:
http://heatherleila3.blogspot.com/2009/08/occasional-queen.html

By: Korean Sociological Image #11: When you REALLY need a man… « The Grand Narrative

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:58:11 +0000

[...] Jeez, where to start? Okay, probably the first thing to mention is, well, the second thing that the article instantly reminded me of, and that was that by coincidence the blog Sociological Images that inspired this series of posts recently had a post about a New Orleans business called The Occasional Wife. As author Lisa explains there: [...]

By: ~SerendipityCat~ » Lyst til å leie en kone en gang i blant?

~SerendipityCat~ » Lyst til å leie en kone en gang i blant? — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:38:23 +0000

[...] om “Occasional Wife” ble funnet via Sociological Images) Jeg håper at mennene er redde for å få en kjæreste, kone, samboer som de ufrivillig selv [...]

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:20:29 +0000

My mother used to tell me she loved it when I came home for college breaks because it was “like having a wife” – meaning I had dinner ready when she got home from work.

By: Wants One

Wants One — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:41:41 +0000

@Mac Mintaka – I’ve had this conversation with my husband, when seeing a 50′s/60′s movie I was like, “I want a wife!” Man, to have dinner done when you’re home from work…priceless.

And I agree they help us admit we can’t do it all, which I think is difficult in this day and age. But we all have our own strengths and weaknesses, and can’t do everything.

Also, I have to admit, when I first read the ad, I thought it was a great idea, even with the name :) My feminist nature must be slipping!

By: Mac Mintaka

Mac Mintaka — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:51:50 +0000

I find this fascinating because I have sat and watched two different couples have this very conversation and needing a “wife” to do this very work.

This “wife” concept is still going strong in our middle-class-white culture, it seems.

By: Why I Want a Wife « Modern Mitzvot

Why I Want a Wife « Modern Mitzvot — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:56:23 +0000

[...] 24, 2009 by Julie The picture won’t fit here, but Sociological Images has a post up about The Occasional Wife – a business that sends out (I’m assuming) women to clean homes, organize offices, and [...]

By: New York: day 20 « My stomach may never be the same

New York: day 20 « My stomach may never be the same — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:24:08 +0000

[...] 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment I think this is not such a bad idea. A good alternative to same-sex [...]

By: Vidya

Vidya — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:23:25 +0000

“These sort of services are appealing because it lets people admit that they can’t do everything and that its okay for a woman to need a bit of help from a “wife” who can organise your clutter, or for a man to need a “husband” to fix the toilet!”

It’s the old servant-help model under a new guise, I suppose. The new ‘spousal’ names obscure the class issue for those who would be horrified to think themselves the sort to have visiting ‘servants’, as is still common in many countries (e.g., India).