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“Unless the concepts of work and play and reward for work change absolutely, women must continue to provide cheap labor, and even more, free labor exacted of right by an employer possessed of a contract for life, made out in his favor.” quote by Germaine Greer
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“Unless the concepts of work and play and reward for work change absolutely, women must continue to provide cheap labor, and even more, free labor exacted of right by an employer possessed of a contract for life, made out in his favor.”

Germaine Greer

About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

If work, play, and reward structures stay unchanged, women will keep being exploited as cheap and unpaid labor under lifelong contracts favoring employers.

In simple terms: Unchanged labor rules keep women exploited.

Key Takeaway

Advocate fair labor reforms.

Themes

gender inequality labor exploitation economic justice

Mood

frustrated determined

Type

political activist

When to use this quote

  • workplace negotiations
  • policy advocacy
  • union organizing

Key Concepts

feminism contract law social economics

Questions to Reflect On

  • How can workers demand equitable contracts?
  • What policies protect against lifelong exploitative agreements?
A Different Perspective

Reforms may face strong corporate resistance.

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