Many women today don't know enough about the rich and complex history of feminism to know how hard many feminists woked for decades to demand respect and renumeration for women's work in the home. In the 1970s, feminists pushed a campaign demanding wages for housework. As I read Substack writers commenting on feminism, I realize that very few know much of anything about what feminists accomplished, and tried to accomplish. Sharon Salzburg is by no means the voice of feminism. She's the image of a feminist that is most palatable to the interests of powerful institutions. Women from the 1960s to 1980s created a powerful body of knowledge and effective social and political actions. Few people know about it now, even people who write reflections on feminism and housework. You should ask yourself why you never learned about feminists' brilliant ideas to empower women in the home and the workplace. The answer: it is inconvenient to those who profit from women's unpaid and exhausting work. Don't blame the feminists. Learn about them. They have a lot to teach the women of today.
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Many women today don't know enough about the rich and complex history of feminism to know how hard many feminists woked for decades to demand respect and renumeration for women's work in the home. In the 1970s, feminists pushed a campaign demanding wages for housework. As I read Substack writers commenting on feminism, I realize that very few know much of anything about what feminists accomplished, and tried to accomplish. Sharon Salzburg is by no means the voice of feminism. She's the image of a feminist that is most palatable to the interests of powerful institutions. Women from the 1960s to 1980s created a powerful body of knowledge and effective social and political actions. Few people know about it now, even people who write reflections on feminism and housework. You should ask yourself why you never learned about feminists' brilliant ideas to empower women in the home and the workplace. The answer: it is inconvenient to those who profit from women's unpaid and exhausting work. Don't blame the feminists. Learn about them. They have a lot to teach the women of today.