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4. Feminism is not at fault; employment that views workers as exploitable resources is
Sat Jun 23, 2012, 08:50 PM
Jun 2012

Most jobs treat all employees like shit. They overwork and underpay all but the top executives, and even some of those sacrifice real life - family, leisure, idle time to just think - to stay on top.

This system is especially hard on women (of all classes); women are expected to the majority of childcare (most of it tedious and time consuming, whether or not one works outside the home) in addition to fulfilling the ridiculous requirements of their jobs (one example: I worked for years at a place where being literally one minute late was a 'write up' offense; do it three times in a rolling year and risk losing your job and insurance - and this was a Union job). Doing both - whether one is a stocker or a senior vice president - is a daunting task

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