Editing Pope Pius XI (section)

==== Gender roles ====
Pius XI wrote that mothers should work primarily [[housewife|within the home]], or in its immediate vicinity, and concentrate on household duties. He argued that every effort in society must be made for fathers to make high enough wages that it never becomes necessary for mothers to work. Forced dual-income situations in which mothers work he called an "intolerable abuse".<ref name="Quadragesimo Anno 71">''Quadragesimo Anno'', 71.</ref> Pius also criticized [[Christian egalitarianism|egalitarianist]] stances, describing modern attempts to "[[Women's rights|liberate women]]" as a "crime".<ref>''Casti Connubii'', 74."</ref> He wrote that attempts to liberate women from their husbands are a "false liberty and unnatural equality" and that the true emancipation of women "belongs to the noble office of a Christian woman and wife."<ref>''Casti Connubii'', 75.</ref>