Christian sociology; Great Britain -- Social conditions; Poor -- Great Britain; Working class -- Great Britain
So far I have been dealing with women in the home. But there are many
thousands of women in our land for whom there is no chance of marriage
and to whom the joy of motherhood is denied. Some day we shall be wiser
in our sex arrangements, because we shall discover that if monogamy
is to continue we must find a means of stopping the slaughter of boy
babies. It is these which provide the greater part of the toll of
death which babies pay for the privilege of being born in Christian,
monopolist-ridden Britain. We must, however, think of the present,
and, doing so, shall soon discover that there exists not only a class
war but something like a sex war also, since in every department of
industry and commerce women are being used to bring down wages, to
lower conditions, and to give to the possessing classes an abundance of
cheap labour. I am not complaining of the fact that women are proving
themselves capable of doing men’s work; I am calling attention to the
fact that women’s labour has been used, and in many instances is still
being used, and will be even more used after the war, for the sole
purpose of bringing down wages. If anyone doubts this the evidence can
easily be supplied by the Board of Trade and Ministry of Munitions.
Apart from these, let any of my readers who wish to know the facts go
into an industrial district and themselves inquire into the wages and
conditions of labour prevailing amongst girls and women; they will very
soon discover what a very low standard of value is set on female labour.
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