Despite the fact that it's the 21st
century and sensibilities have changed over time, some newspaper columnist will produce 650 words holding up the sanctity
of amateurism.
Now as in the 19th
century,
amateurism and lack
of real commitment as well as snobbery and emphasis on chic on the part
of women in their artistic «hobbies,» feeds the contempt
of the successful, professionally committed man who is engaged in «real» work and can, with a certain justice, point to his wife's lack
of seriousness in her artistic activities.