[2ndDivisionVet]

The more things change...

A writer and social researcher in New York and the author of the forthcoming memoir

“Primates of Park Avenue.”

[cynwoody]

“Primates of Park Avenue.”

Why not "Maggots of Park Avenue"?

At least, then, it wouldn't sound so waaacist!

[pops88]

She just sounds jealous. Dependent, powerless women? No, darn smart women.

[RginTN]

it was a shock to discover that the most elite stratum of all is a glittering, moneyed backwater.

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Am I supposed to believe a liberal New Yorker doesn’t have a clue about how the wealthy liberals in New York live!!!!!

[raybbr]

Any bets on when we’ll be reading about how one of Greer songs has transgender issues?

[MagnoliaB]

This article didn’t tell me what I wanted to know.....

Do these woman have guilt for having money and vote dimocrat OR are they smart enough to know which side their bread is buttered on and vote republican?

Other than that, I don’t care what they do.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Didn’t read the whole thing, but the author’s apparent belief that “social researcher” is a more important and self-actualizing role than “mother” is quite hilarious.

[Tax-chick]

It’s an interesting article. However, as I read it and wonder, “Do these people really exist?” I recall that it’s entirely possible they do not. Anthropologists, like journalists, make things up all the time.

[miss marmelstein]

Nobody moves from the glorious West Village to the boxes of the Upper East Side for the parks!!! Her premise is already a lie.

[NTHockey]

Liberals always preach “pro-choice” and “a woman’s right to her own body”. However, when these women choose this life and control their bodies, liberals turn to ridicule.

Mrs. Martin should go off and save the rain forest instead of wasting trees for paper, so that she can write drivel.

And a first name of Wednesday? Brings up bizarre images of the Addams family.

[ExCTCitizen]

They did not work outside of the home?? Oh no...we can't have that... they got to...

My wife is a SAHM...She loves the fact she is..

[FrdmLvr]

It is also an act of extravagance, a brag: “I used to work, I can, but I don’t need to.”

Now, if these women DID work, the story would be about how money-hungry they were---scarfing more and more of the economy for themselves. "Just how much is enough?" would be the refrain.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

someone who didn’t work

I wonder if she would define a housekeeper or nanny as "someone who didn't work"?

Or is that title reserved for mothers only? I would wager it is.

Which shows just how deeply bigoted this author is.

[1010RD]

Envy, pride, and godlessness are all sins, lady.

[JoeFromSidney]

I find this whole thing incredible. The author is drawing on examples from primitive societies, and even from non-human animals, and trying to use that to understand some of the most intelligent and successful human beings on the planet. She's not just over-educated, she's mis-educated.