The Industrial Revolution and the Death of the Partnership Between Men and Women

Work naturally divided along lines of competency, with a joint effort to build the family and home. Because it is biologically dictated both by capability and their own desire, women were primarily responsible for childcare. The Industrial Revolution destroyed this partnership by exalting the market as the talisman of every man and woman's worth. This was not only a result of technology, but also of the ideology that grew like a cancer during the ' Enlightenment'