Both from Laura Kipnis, via Aspasia:
“[F]or the sake of the children” is rather a selective enterprise, holding sway far more frequently when it comes to guilty matters like divorce than when it comes to pocketbook issues like education spending.
and
Sentimentality about children’s welfare comes and goes apparently: highest when there’s the chance to moralize about adult behavior, lowest when it comes to resource allocation.
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When I read that part in Laura Kipnis’ book, I just kissed the page because it is the crux of the argument surrounding consensual adult relations in this country.
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