Caught In A Bad Life
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Five Victorian-era housewives, interviewed by a news reporter, describe their lives as slaves to their husbands' households, being forced to care for children, clean, and cook without pay while feeling disrespected and treated as property rather than people. They believe they deserve equal rights, not necessarily more rights than men, and the reporter encourages them to stand up for themselves.
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