• Hawke@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    if you were a woman you couldn’t even have a bank account on your own until 1974.

    That’s not actually true though. The banks were not required to allow women to open bank accounts but plenty did anyway.

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      8 hours ago

      So if the bank manager of your town felt slighted that you didn’t go with him to prom he could deny you a next step in life? Yeah. That’s not so bad.

      Edit: I’m not saying you are wrong.

      • Hawke@lemmy.world
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        7 hours ago

        Oh for sure, it’s not a sensible way to run things.

        There’s advantages and disadvantages of allowing local/personal discretion.