No man can call himself liberal or radical or even a conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home or in the office.
If women have young children they are one man away from welfare.
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Great big serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great big serious novel and a funny novel the funny novel is doomed.