We had universal childcare until we converted single-income families into dual-income families in order to make the boomers who they bought houses from rich.

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0xWTF 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Women want their own income stream because of the innumerable ways men get into trouble. If her man gets into trouble, she wants a plan B, for her and her children. I don't think anyone was thinking about how that would prop up the housing market 30 years later.

	▲	CGMthrowaway 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That's a nice story, but the truth is when women first entered the workforce in meaningful numbers, it was primarily unmarried women. Society strongly expected women to leave the labor force once married, and businesses actively banned married women from working

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lokar 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And to give women full agency over their own lives

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philipallstar 8 hours ago | parent [-]

No one has full agency over their life. The men who generally work harder, longer, and for more of their lives, that are shorter as a result, don't have fully agency. Having a boss isn't agency.

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asadotzler 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Women couldn't have bank accounts, in my lifetime.

	▲	CGMthrowaway 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Ah, money. What life is all about.

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komali2 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ok, then, to give women as much agency as men have.