27/ A major barrier to this successful monetization of human beings is the family, and in particular the complementary relationships between men and women which lead to productive household structures.

28/ Under communist regimes, the family and religious institutions are regarded as competitors to the Party in commanding the absolute allegiance of individuals. Under capitalist regimes, they are regarded as competitors to the Market.

29/ The world pictured in the UN Women report which started me off on this rant is one in which there is no gap between the amount of money a woman makes in her lifetime and the amount of money a man makes in his.

30/ This will happen when women spend as many years of their lives as men do in work as servants: as, that is, employees. It will happen when women do not tend, more than men, to take time off to do things that are not filtered through the cash nexus:

31/ when children are not taken care of by their mums but are instead put in day-nurseries staffed by professional nurses whose own children are in other day-nurseries.

32/ And if they don't want to do this - if the large majority of them think that they really might rather take care of their own children, for at least some part of those children's lives; if they have creatures called "husbands" who also think that this might be a good idea -

33/ - well, they'll just have to be changed. What they want will have to be changed. Whether they like it or not.

Welcome to life in Equiterra.

Lean in, bitch.

34/ FURTHER: https://twitter.com/suzania/status/1343659830859460609?s=20