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I read an article recently saying that women want men to be the breadwinners and they also want them to do the housework. We can't win. http://on.mktw.net/2li9

• cd_cd 10y ago
  The state has taken the place of the father as the primary bread-winner amongst the working class in the west. Prior to universal welfare most women would never have risked pregnancy outside a stable relationship because of the financial risks. There are no risks now, in fact there is actually an incentive single mothers get more money via state benefits that a single women with similar qualifications can earn in work.
• mjevans 10y ago
  We can, through automation of /everything/. When there is no more work, in the house or out, all that is left is room for enlightenment or self-destruction.
  • mos_basik 10y ago
    Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. I rather think the choices are self-destruction through violent conflict and self-destruction through lack of purpose/lethargy. But maybe that's only nation states. Or maybe I just have an unreasonably glum view of human nature.