Meaning of barefoot and pregnant | Babel Free

Definitions

Kept at home to perform the traditional duties expected of women.

derogatory, not-comparable

Examples

“"The only way to keep a woman happy," he said, "is to keep her barefoot and pregnant."”

“Ms. Frank finds it a strange, if not a perverse coincidence that, after all these centuries of Jewish history, just when Jewish women are demanding greater and more meaningful participation in Jewish religious and communal life, certain segments of the Jewish community are loudly hitting the old "barefoot and pregnant motif."”

“I was to stay the ol' barefoot and pregnant wife. And I saw no need for that. I found myself in a rut. Get up, fix breakfast, send hubby off to work...”

“"He wanted me barefoot and pregnant," she said. But staying home was driving her crazy.”

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