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Glad to see this here calling the article out for what it is.

• dang 6y ago
  Please don't post like this. We're trying to avoid the online shaming/callout culture on HN, because it leads to extremely predictable (and nasty) interactions. The goal of this site is unpredictable and kind interaction, oriented around curiosity. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
• redis_mlc 6y ago
  That was the intention of the author, but her words tell a different story: "In the 1500s some towns, such as Chester, England, actually made it illegal for most women to sell beer, worried that young alewives would grow up into old spinsters." Young women today are being told that work is more important than having children, but find out in their 30s that it was a lie - when it's often too late. They're not called spinsters now, they're called cat ladies.