@PennyChan,
It refers to the idea that women (or men) who stay home and raise children aren't
really working since they aren't being paid for their work.
"To get a real job outside the home" means to get a job that pays.
I'm not sure why the writer thinks this would be a more satisfying threat, as the sentence states. I think she means it would be more personally satisfying to get paid for the work she does.