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by pjc50 3690 days ago
Sadly, giving up on the washing machine is giving up one on of the great labour saving inventions, and going back towards the time when washing took at least one woman-day per week.

http://johnquiggin.com/2012/05/03/housework-in-utopia/

http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_...

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Back in the day when men were out working and families were larger, women had to do a lot of work do to laundry because they would do laundry for the entire family. Doing your own laundry doesn't take long. Still more work than using a washing machine, but not too bad.