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[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an individual level what we’ve stopped trying to do on a society-wide one.
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Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity
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![[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an in — Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity](https://quotesread.com/uploads/quotes/0/38/79/387934_1.jpg "[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an individual level what we’ve stopped trying to do on a society-wide one. — Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity")
![[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an in — Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity](https://quotesread.com/uploads/quotes/0/38/79/387934_2.jpg "[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an individual level what we’ve stopped trying to do on a society-wide one. — Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity")
![[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an in — Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity](https://quotesread.com/uploads/quotes/0/38/79/387934_3.jpg "[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an individual level what we’ve stopped trying to do on a society-wide one. — Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity")
![[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an in — Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity](https://quotesread.com/uploads/quotes/0/38/79/387934_4.jpg "[Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an individual level what we’ve stopped trying to do on a society-wide one. — Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity")