“No sense in letting my 40 identical gingham blouses go to waste.”

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Once upon a time: most of the jobs that made money were physically demanding or dangerous, birth control was unreliable, infant mortality was high, public primary school and childcare were basically non-existent, and housekeeping(cooking, cleaning, shopping, mending, etc) was a full time job by itself. These factors combined to solidify the role of homemaker, and strongly couple it to the sex which is burdened with pregnancy for half a year and naturally secretes baby food for some time thereafter.

    Once upon a time we also shat in quaint wooden closets in the backyard. Modern life contains myriad conveniences which largely reduce and decouple the burdens of the past. There’s nothing wrong with indulging in nostalgia if that’s your thing, it’s just gross to try to impose it on others.

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        7 months ago

        In this age? Yeah, basically. Like I said, indulge if it’s your thing, the problem starts when you start forcing others.

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          7 months ago

          That was my point too, the lifestyle sounds great. If you want to hang a bunch of ideological bullshit on it too then thats on you.