So men never abandoned their families until women's lib destroyed the family and forced the husbands to be jerks? Sorry, but I'm not buying that.
No, let's use another example. Imagine if there were no women in the workplace. All women stayed at home taking care of their husbands and children. Women wouldn't go to college or trade school and wouldn't know how to do any job other than housework. Now imagine that a man gets tired of his wife and decides to find someone younger and prettier. He abandons his family and goes to live with his new girlfriend. The now single mother has no source of income, since her ex husband refuses to pay child support. In the perfect right-wing world there would, of course, be no welfare in any form. This woman and her children would be forced to beg or starve. Do you really think that's a better situation than the one we have? Because some men are total jerks, women have to be able to support themselves.
Then there are also women who choose not to get married or have kids, but remain single. Shouldn't they have the right to work and support themselves and be able to live of their single income? Would you rather have a situation where women had to get married to survive?
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