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[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 81 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My personal experience in the 1970s: “I’d give you the job if you were a man but you’re not, so…” Apparently I would just get pregnant and leave.

[–] then_three_more 15 points 1 week ago

The cartoon should have put "man" in bold.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That probably has a lot to do with it. Doubling the workforce let's employers be way pickier.

that is why we should have bee fighting for a lower work week. by the end of the eighties the work week should have been no higher than 30 hours a week.