Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for August 26, 1987
Transcript:
Man in office: If business is slow to support parental leave policies, it's because we hold the old-fashioned family unit so sacred! Andrea: Only 10% of the families in the country live in an old-fashioned family unit. Man: We hold motherhood sacred! Andrea: 67% of mothers with children under age three work full time. Man: We hold the male breadwinner sacred! Andrea: 40% of the women who work are married to men who earn less than $15,000 a year...And one-fifth of all families have no male breadwinner at all. Man: We hold the days of no statistical analysis sacred.
”Old-Fashioned Family Unit" = A Sexist, LGBTQ-phobic Standard.