"Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women." - Culture Study

This is one of those articles that I’m pretty sure women will read and just shake their heads at the obvious truth of it all. And men, or at least myself, read it and raise our awareness of the lack of equity in so much that is around us.

Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Women in the U.S. have long done a disproportionate share of the unpaid service work in institutions and at home. They’re the ones who run the bake sales so the school can have an art teacher or enough books to go around. They’re the ones who run church outreach programs to attract new families and serve community members in need. They’re the ones who check in on sick coworkers, remember birthdays, and help their colleagues feel like part of a team. Women do all of that unpaid service for the institutions in their lives, and then they go home and do even more.

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