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OP here. I disagree. Being able to provide for yourself, open a bank account in your name, being able to rent an apartment without needing a father or a husband to co-sign it for you. THAT is a privilege. Being able to go to a safe, clean office where you are respected and treated as an equal and allowed to voice your opinion and develop as a professional. That is a privilege.

In America, a woman does not HAVE to work. If she doesn't want a very UMC life, she can live comfortably on her husband's middle class salary sans the private school and the lululemon yoga pants. That she can do so if she WANTS to, that is a privilege.

Women historically were literally not allowed to work outside of the home. Now that we can, it is a privilege. To think otherwise is to be ungrateful. [/quote]

Oh boy you are going to get flamed for this.  I was actually about to flame you myself (lululemon pants, come on) but then remembered that my very middle-class sister and BIL have this arrangement.  Sister can work if she wants to, but BIL makes just enough for them to live comfortably (public school, shopping sales, etc).  So there's that.[/quote]

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