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Really, Abby? The clothes washer? Hmmmpf. I can understand why the Vatican might eliminate my nominee from the running for, er, political reasons, but, as lovely as it was to toss the washboard in exchange for an automatic top-loading agitator, it's pretty obvious oral contraception did far, far, more for women's liberation than the washing machine. Birth control pills revolutionized women's sex lives. In a contest for "what contributed most to the emancipation of Western women," laundry doesn't even come close.
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Apparently I need to be more thankful when I haul my laundry downstairs to the basement of my apartment and spend outrageous amounts of quarters in exchange for clean clothes. Just in time for International Women's Day, the Vatican informs us of the answer to the following question: “In the 20th century, what contributed most to the emancipation of Western women?”
That's right ladies, the washing machine. There have already been some dissenters with this answer from on high, proposing instead the freezer, automatic cars, wet wipes, Chardonnay, disposable diapers, and the dimmer switch. Any nominations from you all?
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