Originally Posted by
73qanda
Can we drift the thread away from housework and towards politics? I just want to point out how lucky some of us are to be in democratic western nations. Many would see this as a good problem to have. Under different political and religious systems , in many countries, in 2019, women are not educated to the same level as men and don’t have the same opportunities to make choices like “ shall I train to become a pilot or not”. I am very grateful that I live in a country where we are so heavily influenced by our predominantly Christian history and our hard won democratic freedoms.....and I’m not religious. Big ups to our terrible system that is better than all the rest and thank you to my grandmothers generation for their sacrifices circa seventy years ago.
But this was the case in Australia until very recently. Girls' used to not be allowed to do many subjects at school and courses at Uni that boys were, and there was a huge cultural bias toward many that they theoretically could- only a tiny percentage of doctors and lawyers, and effectively ZERO tradespeople used to be female, as an example.Many third world countries were actually way ahead of us as far as Female empowerment was concerned- India had it's first female prime minister before we had our first female airline pilot, and Pakistan before we would allow females to fly in the RAAF!
Your Grandmother would have been barred from many professions and on a different pay scale to men for most she COULD do.
We have come a long way- it would be foolish to think we are finished redressing injustices of the past.