There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to change while there are women like that around.

(1974) Housewife. London: Jonathan Cape. London: HarperCollins.

She has also made important contributions to debates about sociological research methods. She was educated at Somerville College Oxford University taking her BA in 1965 having married fellow future academic Robin Oakley the previous year. She has also written an early partial autobiography.