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During the industrial revolution, a lot of propaganda and manipulation techniques were used to get women into wage slavery. While it is a good option to have wo
by ComradePhil 4y ago
During the industrial revolution, a lot of propaganda and manipulation techniques were used to get women into wage slavery. While it is a good option to have women who can help out, it is not a necessity.
- gus_massa 4y agoWomen worked also before industrial revolution. For example there is a looooong serie about cloth production by the Romans https://acoup.blog/2021/03/05/collections-clothing-how-did-they-make-it-part-i-high-fiber/ https://acoup.blog/2021/03/05/collections-clothing-how-did-t... Most of that work was done by women, and [spoiler alert] he estimates that it was like 8 hours per day. HN discussions https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=Clothing%20acoup.blog&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- ComradePhil 4y agoBecause if they didn't, their kids would starve to death because their husband was either dead or debilitated.