Eliminating “dirty-work” offers to break down class barriers and unite men and women.
This is my second contribution to Dr. Simon Fokt’s debate on feminism (more links below). At the moment, Dr. Fokt is concerned that I am dividing men and women and I disagree.
Eliminating “dirty-work” offers to break down class barriers and unite men and women. In today’s society, everyone — without exception — depends on some people doing back-breaking, unpleasant, often dangerous, even deadly jobs (aka ““dirty-work” ”). If no one does the “dirty-work” our whole society collapses.
Not only are the people doing society’s “dirty-work” paid peanuts, society treats them like dirt. When people leave the workplace, they bring those experiences into their personal relationships. People who come home from work in pain, and mentally and emotionally drained, are not good partners for anyone.
When I was young, feminism was driven by upper-class white women seeking power, authority, status, and titles limited to white men (in corporate boardrooms, administration, political circles, etc.) In fact, feminists often told me that I was talking about union and labour issues — not feminism. And they were right.
In the world of labour unions, a raise was a raise for everyone doing the same job — and working people rose together. By…
