it's true that washing machine has liberated women to spent their time to go shopping.
--- In [email protected], "Sunny" <am...@...> wrote: > > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vatican-the-washing-machine-liberated-women-1640134.html > > Vatican: The washing machine liberated women > > By Miranda Bryant > > > Sunday, 8 March 2009 > > As Internationa Women's Day is celebrated, the Vatican had a novel message > for the women of the world: give thanks for the washing machine. This humble > domestic appliance had done more for the women's liberation movement than the > contraceptive pill or working outside the home, said the the official Vatican > newspaper, Osservatore Romano. > > "In the 20th century, what contributed most to the emancipation of Western > women?" questioned the article. "The debate is still open. Some say it was > the pill, others the liberalisation of abortion, or being able to work > outside the home. Others go even further: the washing machine." > > The article is entitled, "The washing machine and the emancipation of women: > put in the powder, close the lid and relax", taking its name from the Washy > Talky, the Electrolux bilingual-talking washing-machine launched in India > seven years ago, which would|remind the absent-minded housewife how to use > the appliance. > > The Catholic Church was never likely to laud the pill for its transformative > power on women's lives. Since Pope Benedict became the leader of the world's > 1.1 billion Catholics, he has published a religious document condemning > contraception for "negating the intimate truth of conjugal love, with which > the divine gift [of life] is communicated" and has urged pharmacists to > refuse to dispense the morning-after pill. The Osservatore Romano held the > pill responsible for polluting the environment and contributing to male > infertility. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
