Hanson-Bonhomme

The 'idealization of agrarianism' that Hanson described, and the subsequent criticism and suspicion of anything that seemed to undermine is related to the way that the modern western understanding of kinship and household is approached from an ideological stand point. Anything that seems to undermine the traditional family construct is seen as suspect, especially on the conservative end of the moral spectrum. Whether it is an extension of what the term 'family' is thought to encompass, or changing roles within the household, these shifts are met with resistance. This was central in womans rights movements, as women a redefinition of the womans role in the home began to shift. This is evident in resistance against same-sex households, single parent households and cohabitation households.
Hanson speaks of agrarianism had a "ethical force"where business took on "unnatural connotations." The use of unnaturalness is in itself fascinating, because the same term is used to describe those very social occurances that threaten the status quo of householding and kinship.
These ties and the ideological superiority that they have acquired are in and of themselves difficult to navigate and ennumerate, but this obtuseness makes them easy to defend.