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#596 - Mary Harrington - Feminism Is No Longer Helping Women

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Women in the Working Class

Feminism has been optimised for women in the working class, says Chris. The ones that wield the most power culturally tend to be the ones toward the top of that echelon and this system forgets them. There was a legislative battle in the early 20th century with feminists on both sides over the over the regulations over workplace regulations in factories. Women were saying no obviously we need to have sex. We need to differentiate by sex in the workplace. And then the word there are other feminists who wanted who wanted to be treated equally in a clerical workplace. So for example as a lawyer, they wanted to go and lead professional lives as lawyers or accountants or something and they

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