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Actually reminds me of many practices in the industrial age. Women and children were cheaper.
by jonshariat 9y ago
Actually reminds me of many practices in the industrial age. Women and children were cheaper.
- hiram112 9y agoMost of the jobs in the industrial age were powered by human labor. Women and children are weaker, and thus, would tend to earn less. Old men probably didn't earn as much as the 20 year olds at the shipyard or meat packing plant, either.