{"id":60852,"date":"2014-01-06T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=60852"},"modified":"2017-09-17T16:16:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T21:16:55","slug":"40-years-since-women-were-granted-the-right-to-credit-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2014\/01\/06\/40-years-since-women-were-granted-the-right-to-credit-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Years Since Women Were Granted the Right to Credit Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act<\/a>. \u00a0This granted women the right to have a credit card in her own name. \u00a0This translated into an unprecedented degree of independence for women. \u00a0Feminists and their allies fought for this new world and it’s a good thing because we love to buy things with our credit cards sooooooo muuuuuuuuch<\/em>!<\/p>\n

And, thankfully, credit card companies like Banif<\/a> know just how to make us comfortable, by combining feminism and infantilization and kissing our asses because We. Are. So. Special. “Every day is women’s day!” Wheeeee!<\/p>\n

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The husband in this ad, though, likely thinks he would have been better off if his wife wasn’t allowed to make financial decisions without his approval. \u00a0Stupid women and their stupid financial decisions. Ruining everything.<\/p>\n

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\nLisa Wade, PhD<\/a> is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of <\/em>American Hookup<\/a>, a book about college sexual culture; a textbook about gender<\/a>; and a forthcoming introductory text: <\/em>Terrible Magnificent Sociology<\/a>.\u00a0You can follow her on Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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