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Chad's avatar

It's difficult for me to reconcile this perspective with the real world.

Rich, and poor alike, the man provides resources, and at least sex. I concede that most men aren't good at doing either of those, but still... If we're going to be fair, neither are women. Working women are making the same complaints men were making decades ago about the pressures of balancing family life with career.

If you work all day, your partner takes care of the kids, why is it that you still need to do some of their duties when you get off work? How is a division of labor "slavery" exactly?

For years I worked at home and my wife was out in the world. The majority of the child care and domestics fell to me. I don't know much about domestics so I hired somebody.

Which part of that is slavery?

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Janine Agoglia's avatar

Women didn't have access to money unless men gave it to them. Women couldn't even have their own credit card without their husband cosigning until the 70s. Throughout history, women have been second class citizens. Even today things aren't equal. Millenials are better at shared responsibilities, but for centuries, women served men without any rights of their own. That's slavery.

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