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posted ago by Akka ago by Akka +24 / -1

So the feminism movement went off the rails pretty damn fast, but it did start from a good position, I think. When a woman is mostly dependent on the men in her life, that puts her in a very vulnerable position if there doesn't happen to be any good men for her to rely on. I had an aunt who was married to an alcoholic, and some of the stories she told me were pretty damn bad. He wasn't even a man who would become violent when he drank, but he used all their money on alcohol, to the point they had problems getting enough food, and they had 3 sons. The worst years for her were late 1940s, after the war, and 1950s.

And as far as I understand that was one of the early reasons why some women started to advocate for women to get an education and jobs of their own.

Now I think it would be good if we could get more mothers back home, but what if the husband turns out bad?

How would you solve this?