It's obviously not his own quote; it's quite famous, and it is not an ironic coinage by the women's liberation movement.

I'm not sure why you think it was obvious, but it definitely wasn't. Not everyone has heard of everything that's "quite famous". I had to look it up, too.

I'm not making a value judgement, just observing that it's extremely well-known in western culture, and obviously not something the commenter came up with themselves.

My mistake in that case. I moved to America about 10 years ago. I still get caught off guard by some of the cultural (especially historical) elements of western culture. I should probably get more educated about this stuff.

I was born in the US, I'm over 30.

I didn't recognize it.

HN has an international, and mostly young, audience.

I thought everyone was a mid-thirties tech worker in the bay area /s

I found it intriguing and provacting. I searched online (but only now realised I had searched the string with the quotes which did an exact search ) and found only a handful of very recent websites / blogs.

The linked wiki page is very helpful !

A common phrase when I was growing up in the U. S., not coincidentally in the 60s and 70s. Usually in the context of something like, "anti-abortion advocates would prefer women all stay barefoot and pregnant", in contrast to women making their own decisions about childbirth, employment, or spousal choice. Others have supplied references to its usage. And thanks for the reminder that what I consider common usage hasn't been "common" for quite some time. :-)

I've always heard it with the addition of "and chained to the stove with enough slack to get to the bed".