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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Women fought for the right to not be dependent on men.

A woman that depends on a man's income to survive is stuck even in DV cases.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

What about Kristi Noem's Bimbo husband?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We're the women of the union and we sure know how to fight.
We'll fight for women's issues and we'll fight for women's rights.
A woman's work is never done from morning until night.
Women make the union strong!
(Chorus)

It is we who wash the dishes, scrub the floors and clean the dirt,
Feed the kids and send them off to school—and then we go to work,
Where we work for half men's wages for a boss who likes to flirt.
But the union makes us strong!
(Chorus)

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where we work for half men’s wages for a boss who likes to flirt.

damn that hits hard

also the song is smooth af

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

any song set to John Brown's Body is a great song

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's a folk song written about the 1850s/60s abolitionist/terrorist who was put to death for treason in 1860 for attempting to inspire a mass national slave uprising in Harper's Ferry, VA (today WV).

Fun fact, the guy who lives in his house is super cool! (i used to live down the street from his headquarters in West Virginia)

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

TIL that the Battle Hymn of the Republic was an abolitionist song and based on another abolitionist song:

The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is an American patriotic song written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War.

Howe adapted her song from the soldiers' song "John Brown's Body" in November 1861, and sold it for $4 to The Atlantic Monthly[1] in February 1862. In contrast to the lyrics of the soldiers' song, her version links the Union cause with God's vengeance at the Day of Judgment (through allusions to biblical passages such as Isaiah 63:1–6, Revelation 19 and Revelation 14:14–19).

Julia Ward Howe was married to Samuel Gridley Howe, a scholar in education of the blind. Both Samuel and Julia were also active leaders in anti-slavery politics and strong supporters of the Union. Samuel was a member of the Secret Six, the group who funded John Brown's work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago

it was also the de facto national anthem through the late 1800s

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Now women are dependent on an employer instead.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I believe the correct term for employers is "pimp."

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That just means the struggle isn't over, not that the struggle was pointless.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

how does fighting for the right to work reduce the dependency on an employer?

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

You can't see the difference between being forced to work and have sex with a single man, who you are stuck with without the possibility of divorce, and the general need to work for one of any number of employers? Really?

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn't. It means that fighting to reduce our dependency on employers is part of the next step.

who to be dependent on instead? or do you want to grow your own corn in your back yard?