On 12 Mar 2005 20:16:59 -0800, voice_of_reason{at}australia.edu wrote:

>Greetings:
>
>A little while back a study was published that proported to equate the
>work done by a stay-at-home housewife to an annual that was in the 6
>figures. It was eventually debunked. And I'm trying to locate
>information concerning when and how it was debunked. Surfing the net, I
>find numerous undocumented references to the 6-figure salary....but
>nothing on the debunking.
>
>Does anyone out there have a link pointing towards the debunking and
>the actual value?
>
>Thanks!


No, but how can it be six figures when affluent hausfraus and
professional women can get illegal aliens to do it for less than
minimum wage?

And whether it's 6 figures, 7 figures, 5 figures, or 69 cents, the
whole idea is outrageous anyway because

a) the man of the house usually has his share of household chores too;
no one suggests that HE is entitled to compensation for them;

b) the woman of the house is SUPPOSED to be doing HER household chores
for the same reason that the man is supposed to assume the principal
wage-earner role - love and affection; and

c) the woman of the house usually has control of her husband's income,
in any event - so why should she get to double-dip and receive extra
compensation?


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