The wife values male work only insofar as it yields material profit

Evidence

I said to her: My latest story was published this morning. She replied (without in any way wishing to be cynical and merely because it is the only thing that matters to her): That means we shall have at least three hundred francs extra this month. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1319

Categorization

• XREF: Reinforces the earlier claim that the household economy turns the husband’s transcendence into merchandise — see the ‘stepping-stone or piece of merchandise’ line at 1315.