At the beginning of this chapter, I stated that “American time is monochronic” On the surface, this is true, but in a deeper sense, American (AE) time is both polychoronic and monochronic. M-time dominates the official world of business, government, the professions, entertainment, and sports. However, in the home – particularly the more traditional home in which women are the core around whice everything revolves – one finds that P-time take over.