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charliehall
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“do you disagree that a woman’s place is in the home and that civilization for thousands of years, until roughly 100 years ago, always recognized and acted as such”

Factually inaccurate. There were plenty of women who worked outside their homes, at least in European and American society. For example, in Europe, huge numbers of Christian women became nuns and some had significant influence. And in rural America, labor shortages meant that women had to participate very actively in farm work. An interesting example: Lyndon Johnson’s grandmother was a cowgirl! Women also worked in factories from the early days of the industrial revolution.