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Saying that women give up a career to look after their children is like lamenting the fact that people are giving up drinking to look after their liver.
by pnako 7y ago
Saying that women give up a career to look after their children is like lamenting the fact that people are giving up drinking to look after their liver.
- filleduchaos 7y agoDo you consider a career to be a literally body-destroying poison for men as well or only for women?
- pnako 7y agoThe French word for work, 'travail', comes from 'tripalium', a medieval torture instrument. It's bad for everyone, and I definitely think a society where only one parent has to work instead of two is better. A 'career' is something pop singers and top athletes (male or female) have. They even have agents to manage those careers. But most people have a job; they do work, travail, tripalium. The fact that people confuse the two is just capitalist propaganda.
- dang 7y agoI was all set to be cunningham's-lawed into telling you that's wrong about "travail", but holy shit, you're right: https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=travail https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=travail Maybe I shouldn't be so surprised, since English still has the word "travails". "Work" on the other hand means action, doing: https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=work https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=work That's quite a difference: one is something no one wants, and the other is something everyone does. "Labor" falls on the "travail" side, meaning exertion, pain: https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=labor https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=labor
- GrayTextIsTruth 7y agoYes. I would be in better health gardening all day and building things with my hands. Probably have better mental health too.