In 1976 I tried to read E.F. Schmacher’s Small Is Beautiful. I got to page 60 (according to Amazon) and then tossed the book lightly across the room. The offending sentence:

Women, on the whole, do not need an “outside” job, and the large-scale employment of women in offices and factories would be considered a sign of serious economic failure.

Women should be deciding what they want to do based on their personal desires and needs, not those of the economy. Just like men.