This week I have found chaper 7 to have some ineresting reading (not that the previous are boring!) It seems that Coontz, thinks on the same line as many others in this 'rush rush' world of materialistic values and social status judgements. She describes the role of the American homemaker, but does not lift it up to any importance at all. She talks like it it a low self-esteem role for a woman to hold. Coontz tells about how marketing played games with housewifes, and made them feel important with the items they purchased, and with detailed directions on how to use them, but she doesn't stand up for them. Personally, I think that a woman who is a homemaker, is just as good as a woman in the corporate world. So why does Coontz not say this instead of taking the defense on putting women in prestigious outside jobs? A women who runs a home must be multi-tasked, balance budgets, keep appointments, prepare meals, make phone calls, and lecture children. The only differnce is, she doesn't receive a paycheck from her husband, but the self-satisfaction on knowing she is taking care of the ones she loves (assuming she does.) As for the interviews? Well, I have no family or relatives near me, so I will have to make a bold attempt to confront a stranger! I may go to the mall and look important-like a survey taker, and hope I don't get arrested!