“Congratulations! I heard your income got doubled.” A friend enthusiastically shook my hand. I gave him a wry look.
I thought he was rubbing salt on my fresh wounds; the abrasion caused by my less than 5% annual pay hike!
The friend read my confusion, and clarified, “Congratulations on your marriage. Isn’t it the easiest way to double your income in one masterstroke! Two working people in one home means a double income.”
“Ah yes,” I smiled and thought silently, “Double income for the family, and double workload for the woman!”
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Feminism is passé; Females are in! | Feline Musings Says:
October 31st, 2008 at 4:16 pm[...] In my perspective, the greatest success of feminism as a concept is when women themselves are ready to take charge of their lives. Time and time again, my previous posts have expressed my take on feminism. Be the post on how women exploit their gender to promote dependency of women, in general, on the men of the house, or the post on how a young widow’s lack of educational and financial independence have created unresolved issues, or the post on my liberated maidservant, or for that matter my own ironical take on married working women. [...]