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Unless you were born into the ranks of a few kings or priests, this is the first time men have been allowed to opt out.
by LatteLazy 5y ago
Unless you were born into the ranks of a few kings or priests, this is the first time men have been allowed to opt out.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoIt's also the first time women have been allowed to opt out. Working most of the day is the historical norm for all able-bodied people and most not-wholly-able-bodied people.
- LatteLazy 5y agoI think women's experience has been a lot more complex. U til the 1950s they were needed to work in the home most of the time. And it's only really the last 20 years women haven't been REQUIRED to opt out of working once they got married or had kids...
- watwut 5y agoIf you look at women employment stats in the past, a lot more of them were employed then people generally assume. Women with small kids would work the least, but younger and older more likely to work. There is middle class white ideal and then there is reality of people needing to eat. They did not had careers, but they needed money and only other option is stealing. Men were emplyed more and home required a lot more work then now. But still, lower class women needed jobs.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> U til the 1950s they were needed to work in the home most of the time. So? Working in the home is also the norm for men. Historically, the norm is that men are self-employed in agriculture and women are self-employed in textile production. > And it's only really the last 20 years women haven't been REQUIRED to opt out of working once they got married or had kids... Note that being a hard worker is traditionally one of the highest female virtues. They have never been required to stop working after getting married; they had to work just like everybody else.