[quite a bit dated, but still... ] "God has created man and woman and tied them together by mutual attraction; but man has tried to keep them asunder by dividing their labor into man's specialist and woman's generalist tasks. He may have aimed at securing the lion's share of leisure and comfort for himself, but that sexist division of labor had three other undesirable effects as well: it has tended to limit the sexes' mutual attraction and enjoyment of each other's company to the physical sphere, it has deprived women of economic independence, and it has deprived men of the stimulus satisfaction that accompanies the generalist's tasks." -- Tibor Scitovsky, _The Joyless Economy_, 1976: 1992 edition, p. 283.
Scitovsky is also the only economist I've read who refers to sexual activity. -- Jim Devine / "The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side." -- James Baldwin
