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From: RA04@Lehigh.UCAR.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: RE: Wages for Housework
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Date: 29 Nov 90 20:59:59 GMT
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"a marriage of love and sharing" has very little in common with social
and financial recognition/reward for one spouse and not even social
security or other retirement provision for the other.  Many marriages
do not end in divorce because the wife realizes that her skills just
don't translate into economic autonomy should she leave her husband.
C'mon, think of a situation: he continues with his job and continues
to get paid, while she goes to an employment agency and says "I'm real
good at love and sharing"?!
                                                  r.a.