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Then we have Charlize Theron playing the lovely house-wife; who was the one actor I was angry with the studio for signing, for fear that her tremendous talent would be totally wasted in a supporting role.
Row Three » Review: Hancock - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008
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Sure, a man can play a house-wife or hooker too, but it often comes off as comedic or silly Hairspray, To Wong Foo.
Row Three » I Love Women (in Film) - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008
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Women can play hookers, lawyers, cops, assassins, a studio exec or a house-wife.
Row Three » I Love Women (in Film) - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008
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Aren't there enough women in the Senate and House and in the corporate or legal world to run a female candidate who isn't essentially a house-wife?
What was Hillary Clinton's experience as First Lady that might qualify her for the Presidency? Ann Althouse 2007
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There's nothing wrong with being a house-wife, but that doesn't seem like the right way to become President.
What was Hillary Clinton's experience as First Lady that might qualify her for the Presidency? Ann Althouse 2007
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It strikes me that Hillary Clinton was just a house-wife to a very powerful man.
What was Hillary Clinton's experience as First Lady that might qualify her for the Presidency? Ann Althouse 2007
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A wife that is not a house-wife, and husband that is not a good house-band are heading for Admiralty Probate and Divorce!
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He began pining for a big, strong, blond man to marry him and let him be a house-wife, like women are supposed to be.
Lenny the Late Bloomer Heo 2006
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He began pining for a big, strong, blond man to marry him and let him be a house-wife, like women are supposed to be.
Archive 2006-02-01 Heo 2006
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On August 17, 1896, Mrs. Bridget Driscoll, a 44-year-old house-wife made history when she stepped off a curb in Croydon, England.
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