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WOMEN’S ECONOMIC SECURITY
Should I Marry My Boyfriend For The Financial Benefits?
All signs point to yes.
Being a woman sucks. It just does. My entire life has been controlled by my quest for a living wage and health insurance. Two things that men don’t think twice about and just assume comes with every job.
Being a single woman working in the pink ghetto is a one-way trip to destitution and poverty. We make everything possible for the people we work for, and often have more experience in our field and know as much (or more) than they do, but get nothing in return in the way of benefits such as retirement, PTO, or health insurance.
After 30 years, I still make under the median income for a family of my size in the county in which I reside (this is legal-speak). I can easily file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with no questions asked.
What that means is, I’m poor and I can’t pay back my debts.
Being a legal secretary is a prime example of a pink-ghetto job.
No attorneys in my area offer health insurance to their secretaries. They count on them being young women with husbands who have good jobs who will cover them under their employer-sponsored plans.
