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"once a women turns 19, she may as well be postmenopausal" (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by Justas@sh.itjust.works to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 46 points 7 months ago (10 children)

the arguably cooler sounding "Spinster"

You spin me right round, baby, right round...

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Wasn’t spinster some old school slang in like the 1920s or something about women who didn’t settle down right away? Or am I hallucinating

[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 26 points 7 months ago

It's quite a bit older than that. 1800s, I believe? A "spinster" was a women who got a job spinning/weaving fabric, which was one of the few jobs women were allowed at the time, and they were paid for it! Very well, iirc.

So a woman earning her own income and able to support herself, not being required to marry in order to live comfortably.

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