Women Have Always Worked for Pay
Staying Home with Children is an Aspirational Middle Class Conceit
It seems clear to me that the reason so many Medium writers view life through Luxury Belief Goggles, is that almost none of them were raised working class. Sometimes even those who think they were, indeed, working class mention experiences that show a happily oblivious view of life.
That’s not meant as a dig, just an observation. It’s not a competition, yes I understand that.
None of us can help our upbringing, and I do not begrudge you your good luck. And, of course, we all see things through our own filter.
But the bias leaks in.
I guarantee that the vaste swathes of the unwashed — a mob I’m proud to have sprung from — don’t give any credence to 99 percent of the silly, and generally irrational nonsensery that echoes from the glass walls of luxury class bell jars.
However, the luxury classes — from aspirational middle upwards — tend to hold the pens, the reigns in the arts, and a lot of the power, so you’d almost be inclined believe their nutty ideologies are accepted by the majority.
Until you actually talk to ordinary people.
But I digress.
