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[–] 22 points 7 months ago (6 children)

My grandmother had to marry in secret because married women weren't allowed to work. That was considered taking a job from a man who needed to support his family.

She wore her wedding ring on a chain around her neck, and one day it fell out when she leaned over. She was fired that very day.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    That was considered taking a job from a man who needed to support his family.

    That's what all this talk of double incomes ruining the family is all about. Men don't want women 'taking their jobs'.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    Or maybe it's about how dual-income households went from being an option to being a necessity, to still not even being enough to scrape by?

    Maybe the owner-caste should simply be satisfied with exploiting half of the adult population, instead of exploiting every working-age adult?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    That was considered taking a job from a man who needed to support his family.

    What about women who need to support their family?

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