• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Reminds me a of a joke "Why do people in North Dakota spend so much time at the bar?

    Because Colonel Custer told them to hang out there until he got back."

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      23 hours ago

      Equality achieved in mid 90s. (adjusting for voluntary life choices of parenting full time) Much more men than women dropped out of labour force since.

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        23 hours ago

        Well, technically, it was never equal numbers and the gap between has remained the same, but you could argue that maternity and also elderly gender disparity contribute to that, yeah.