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"When I had just given birth, reading books about society and gender made me feel as if I were being blamed for doing housework and childcare. Chon A-woon goes beyond the point where I froze.

'Why does this book hurt me? Why does this book encourage me?'

Using the discomfort and insights gained from a single book as weapons, she continues to pick up book after book and reveals the truths of this society, where unpaid housework and labor are necessary for survival. She is a hero to me."

*This book was published by DU BOOKS in January 2023, priced at 2,200 yen plus tax.*

"Are housewives just lazing around at home?"

In Korea, where patriarchy is even more deeply rooted than in Japan and where dual-income households are rapidly increasing, a housewife who is becoming a minority and looked down upon by society embarks on a journey to understand 15 books, including a popular work that has also been translated into Japanese, tracing the origins of the societal structures that give rise to such words:

**"It is not the husband supporting the wife, but the wife supporting the husband so he can go out to work."**

An educational essay contemplating the future of women, men, and unmarried women!

**Table of Contents**

**Chapter 1: The Island Where Housewives Live — "They say she’s just playing at home?"**
Why is the world where housewives live so different?
Source: Stein Veblen, *The Theory of the Leisure Class*
If I could go back to those days, would I still quit my job?
Source: Leslie Bennetts, *The Feminine Mystique*
Why did I start to dislike cooking?
Source: La Munsuk, *I’m a Housewife*

**Chapter 2: The Core Issue is 'Money'**
What kind of world do I live in?
Source: Karl Marx, *Das Kapital*
Why do I feel nostalgic about the company?
Source: Georg Simmel, *The Philosophy of Money*
Why am I not featured in the news?
Source: Cathrine Marsal, *Who Made Adam Smith’s Dinner?*
Why can’t a full-time housewife raising three children receive a pension?
Source: Nancy Folbre, *The Invisible Chest*

**Chapter 3: Living as a Woman in a Capitalist Society**
Who, why, ignited the fire in women?
Source: Sylvia Federici, *Caliban and the Witch*
Who depends on whom?
Source: Maria Mies, *The International Division of Labour and Women — The Ongoing Feminization of Housewives*
What should be done for coexistence?
Source: Park Kabun, *Fobia Feminism*
How to look into the invisible inner self?
Source: Roy Baumeister, *Exhausting Men*

**Chapter 4: A World Beyond Boundaries**
Why is wages needed for housework?
Source: Sylvia Federici, *Zero Point of Revolution*
What kind of reaction would there be if a nun published a book called 'Fatherhood Classes'?
Source: Horin, *Motherhood Classes*
Can unmarried women and married women unite in solidarity?
Kim Hana, Fan Sonu, *Two Women Living Together*
Why do housewives only think about their families?
So Yonnam, *Dandelion Noodle House*