fwd: quotation du jour

[GeorgeCSDS@xxxxxxx]

this is the guy on pen-l that i responded to yesterday.   he replied respectfully to me and we may even get together!   after i compose a response, i'll bcc u 1.

below is posted on pen-l (progressive economists network-list) and is one of his occasional change-of-pace, thought-stimulating breaks.

haven't read your responses to that yet.   too busy with your other stuff, which allowed me to think about you all morning.

now, can we make love?


In a message dated 6/21/07 10:32:08 AM, jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> [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.



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