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I really want to shout out Maytag for pushing woman's rights forward. Without all that haphazard laundry out of the way, they never would've garnered equal pay
by RationPhantoms 5y ago
I really want to shout out Maytag for pushing woman's rights forward. Without all that haphazard laundry out of the way, they never would've garnered equal pay or saw themselves as equal in the workplace.
Please.
To think there are only positives in this change is a naive approach of the future. Sure, there will be some benefits but we are in for a world of hurt if we maintain our current social structures (at least in the US) and decimate the working population.
- MontyCarloHall 5y agoWith all that haphazard laundry in the way, they would never have even found themselves in a workplace. Have you ever done laundry by hand? My grandmother did. It took literally an entire day of scrubbing.
- alpaca128 5y ago> we are in for a world of hurt if we maintain our current social structures and decimate the working population. History has shown that maintaining the status quo until everyone's in a world of hurt is the standard approach.
- dougmwne 5y agoTwo reductive takes do not a complex one make. Labor saving home appliances, changes in family size, and convenience foods are a pretty big deal for how people of any gender spend their time. Time spent cleaning has decreased, and been replaced with other activities. Parenting has changed a lot and become much more intensive. One did not cause the other, but our modern lives absolutely co-evolved with appliances. https://www.nber.org/digest/oct08/hours-spent-homemaking-have-changed-little-century https://www.nber.org/digest/oct08/hours-spent-homemaking-hav...