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> than a married employee being a better worker Especially back then, but even now, it is thought that married men are, on average, are more likely to be the s
by retrac 5y ago
> than a married employee being a better worker
Especially back then, but even now, it is thought that married men are, on average, are more likely to be the settled type. Dependable and boring. It was not a belief idiosyncratic to Ford. I think the idea is the man has children and a wife to feed to keep him in place and coming in to work, and also to keep him so busy and tired he stays out of trouble.
Whether this weird psychological theorizing is true of course, I don't know. (Married men do die in car crashes less, today.) See all that psychometry stuff some employers do. Seems no more reliable.
- mschuster91 5y ago> I think the idea is the man has children and a wife to feed to keep him in place and coming in to work, and also to keep him so busy and tired he stays out of trouble. A bit cynical, but this is in my opinion a large part of the reason why politics is so utterly dysfunctional these days: when large parts of the population don't have the time to participate in democracy because they have to work two or more jobs to make rent, there are a couple effects from that: 1) the weight of those rich enough to go voting matters more. Basically, vote day not being a holiday in the US gives the votes of rich people and old retirees vastly more weight than they should have in a world where everyone had equal possibility to go and vote. 2) the opinion of those who have enough time and resources (paywalls...) to access decent journalism matters more, because under-informed people voting "by outrage" got manipulated in their decisionmaking process. 3) People who have to worry about getting fired for getting sick definitely won't unionize or go on strike.