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Originally Posted by calculoso
Giving women the option to stay at home makes them subservient? Ha. Spoken like someone who doesn't have a wife/gf who makes up her own mind and doesn't let anyone tell her what to do.
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By implementing tax policies that discourage women to work, it gives men more economic power over women and that economic power makes them vulnerable to abuse. These tax policies set back gender equality to 1950s levels. Lower income spouses tend to be women already. By discouraging any income, it harms their autonomy within the household. Not to mention, it is bad for the economy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...98M11Q20130923
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Under its first female chief, Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund has renewed its push to strengthen the role of women in the economy, arguing it can raise growth prospects and improve development.
Just having as many women in the labor force as men could boost economic growth by 5 percent in the United States, 9 percent in Japan, and 34 percent in Egypt, the IMF said.
In its study, the Fund said women have made gains in certain countries but still face discrimination and tax and labor policies that discourage them from working.
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