Questions for Kessler-Harris

1. You wrote, "The belief that women belonged at home permitted employers to exploit working women by treating them as though their earnings were merely supplemental" (103). This is referring to the early 1900s, but are women still paid less than men today? If so, and if this was the initial reason women were paid less than men - do employers today still think this rings true, or what's their new reason?  

2. What do you think of the place for male-homemakers in today's society? How is public opinion about gender roles changing or not changing? 

3. In the late 1800s, "for one's wife to be working meant that the husband had failed" (106) - is this still true? If so, how is different along class and race division lines?

4. You go into a little bit of detail about "the glamorous flapper" (113) - what was the real effect of this for women during the 1920s and beyond?