Two small pots, one holding three wooden spoons and the other holding one, against a golden-green background.

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Gertrude Stein

We know that we can do what men can do, but we still don’t know that men can do what women can do. That’s absolutely crucial. We can’t go on doing two jobs.

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Our interpretation.

The speaker argues that women having shown they can do men's work proves little unless men also prove they can do women's work. Without that, women carry two roles at once. The point is a demand for shared responsibility, stated as urgent and unsustainable otherwise.

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