Akerman has stated that for Jeanne, “knowing, every moment of every day what she must do the next moment brings a sort of peace and keeps anxiety at bay.” The excessive zeal in her daily rituals hides, then, a growing anxiety that becomes apparent only when her routine is disrupted.
In the case of housework, the woman sells her labour power for an indeterminate period of time, whereas in the case of prostitution, the woman “sells her labour-power for a…
