UNEMPLOYMENT
Sir,—Your correspondent "Ad Astra" revives the barbaric claim that women should starve so that men may have the fruits of the earth. The comfortable homes mentioned bv him have no doubt been provided by" hard-working, thrifty fathers, but is it reasonable that because Providence lias blessed a parent with a number of daughters he should be compelled to support them for the term of their natural lives. Another phase of the question is that homes are in a great many cases being kept together by contributions from daughters in work. Working girls contribute a greater proportion of their earnings to their'homes than do sons. I have two daughters who will always have to earn for themselves or starve, because there are few young men today who would make any effort to save to provide a home for a wife. Even if the girls do marry, the odds are that they will have to turn out to help keep the husband. When men can work as well as they talk—on most jobs—perhaps they will " bring home the bacon" instead of the liabilities. Ad Labour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21520, 17 June 1933, Page 15
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184UNEMPLOYMENT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21520, 17 June 1933, Page 15
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