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Monday, November 28, 2005 12:00 AM

Stay-at-home daughters

The New York Times reports on a new form of spinsterhood, the career woman turned caregiver.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Monday, November 28, 2005 09:09 AM

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    There's another reason why this typical, slighty misogynist NYT trend article is annoying. It bemoans the fact that this daughter had to relocate back to Michigan, to a town in Macomb County where she has to do without urban niceties such as balsamic vinager. Yes, this article is implying that Michiganders living just north of Detroit have never heard of balsamic vinager.

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