[derrida]

Cooking isnt magic. The only portion of a meal that usually takes more than a couple minutes to cook is starch, but theres minute rice and all that stuff. Get the kids to do some of the work, prep ingredients during the weekend and put them in the freezer, get a crock pot so you can slow cook food while you're at work... Besides being healthier, this is way cheaper than fast food.

As has been stated before, I'm pretty sure dual-income families have alot more to do with economic neccessity than feminism, even in some middle-class families.

Your last couple statements are odd. You decry postmodernism, but then you express reluctance to withdraw from the postmodern world (with its panoply of choices and identities) that capitalism has made available to us.