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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The question is inherently stupid,[b] given that the majority of women have always had to work to help their families survive. [/b]

This conversation is for a few privileged women to kvetch over. The rest of us know that this world will never be good for women and girls until we crush the patriarchy and stand on truly equal footing with men in all areas of life.[/quote]

This is often repeated on here. That only white women in the 1950s stayed home.

But I find it hard to believe that all of these women were working full time out of the house jobs. Why? Daycare wasn’t a thing. Didn’t exist. Who was watching the kids of all these moms who were working?[/quote]

Are you serious? Older siblings were often parentified to care for their siblings and the house. People also relied on extended family and friends. My grandmother worked a graveyard shift and barely slept.

It’s disheartening to read all the naive comments on this thread, including the one I’m responding to. I definitely don’t want to go back to the 1950s or earlier. Women having control over their earnings and reproduction, and access to education has improved our lives. So has no-fault divorce. We have choice and power starting about 50 years ago. Regressive forces in our society want to change that. [/quote]

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