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EPISODE · Jun 22, 2026 · 30 MIN

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Women and Economics

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In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss launch season 5 of their podcast by examining a trailblazing feminist text in classical sociology, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Women and Economics. By centring gender in her social analysis, Gilman not only observes but critiques how women are forced to be economically dependent on men, on account of their largely being confined to the domestic sphere at least during the time of her writing. In the course of providing a condensed summary and appraisal of what Women and Economics seeks to argue, Louis maybe admits that he sometimes engages in bootleg plumbing work in his own house, to varying effects. Become a supporter of the podcast at https://buymeacoffee.com/sociologyofeverything.Music and sound effects used in this episode are licensed under a CC 0 License, the CC Attribution License 3.0, or by a SFX (Multi-Use) License Commercial License from Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com). Tracks include:https://freesound.org/people/Tuben/sounds/272044/https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/A2V5xRtt5S/https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/1ee517ce-ef76-4edb-89e1-801c59d215f3/https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/e0ccb750-4ee9-3436-8b8b-ccb4835b3986/https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/87d86cf8-2a14-3b59-b17b-ea282e6cbd9f/https://freesound.org/people/funnyman850/sounds/194812/The views and opinions expressed in the Sociology of Everything podcast are that of the hosts and/or guest speakers, and do not reflect any of the involved institutions.The Sociology of Everything podcast | www.sociologypodcast.com

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