Strange Bedfellows

The impact of law and politics on efforts to redefine family and marriage without relying on traditional gender norms In the inaugural issue of Ms. Magazine , the feminist activist Judy Syfers proclaimed that she "would like a wife," offering a wry critique of the state of marriage in modern America. After all, she observed, a wife could provide Syfers with free childcare and housecleaning services as well as wages from a job. Outside the pages of Ms. , divorced men's rights activist Charles Met