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Re:In India, smartphones and cheap data are giving women a v... by mbg721 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:33AM (#25659224)
That's not necessarily a bad thing. What about women who prefer to see their kids grow up rather than endlessly chase paychecks?
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Re:In India, smartphones and cheap data are giving women a v... by r00fus on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:37PM (#25660689)
I think we agree; labor participation rate for women may not be a good single-dimensional indicator of societal progress.
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Re:In India, smartphones and cheap data are giving women a v... by officeplant on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:40AM (#25659300)
What about dads who would like to do the same?
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Re:In India, smartphones and cheap data are giving women a v... by mbg721 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:46AM (#25659376)
Plenty of families would benefit from dividing labor that way; the biggest (non-artificial) obstacle is probably the inertia from the realities of giving birth and breastfeeding.
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