This was over 30 years ago, plenty of people were shocked and outraged.
Hell, when Neneh Cherry performed on Top of the Pops while pregnant they had a whole slew of complaints, including ones that said women should not be seen in public “during their confinement” (which was a Victorian thing)
I thought so, and there are some measurable improvements (married women are allowed to work now, for example). But women are unequal here in many ways still such as wage disparity and the typical long list of issues that aren’t taken seriously because they don’t affect men.
The billionaire-backed online brainwashing is also bringing out the worst in some people, and they vote. So I can see progress stalling if we don’t get a handle on that. But thankfully we don’t have FPTP so their political presence is currently small.
This was over 30 years ago, plenty of people were shocked and outraged.
Hell, when Neneh Cherry performed on Top of the Pops while pregnant they had a whole slew of complaints, including ones that said women should not be seen in public “during their confinement” (which was a Victorian thing)
That’s fairly shocking alright. And I come from a formerly catholic country (Ireland) which continues to treat women terribly.
It’s getting better though, right?
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Right?
I thought so, and there are some measurable improvements (married women are allowed to work now, for example). But women are unequal here in many ways still such as wage disparity and the typical long list of issues that aren’t taken seriously because they don’t affect men.
The billionaire-backed online brainwashing is also bringing out the worst in some people, and they vote. So I can see progress stalling if we don’t get a handle on that. But thankfully we don’t have FPTP so their political presence is currently small.
Yeah, FPTP can go fuck itself … so glad I got out of the UK!