Feminists of the world sit down before you read this.
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The submission was made in a lengthy article titled The Washing Machine and the Liberation of Women Put in the Detergent, Close the Lid and Relax.
The article was printed at the weekend in L'Osservatore Romano, the semi-official Vatican newspaper, to mark international Women's Day on Sunday.
"What in the 20th century did more to liberate Western women?," asks the article, written by a woman.
"The debate is heated. Some say the pill, some say abortion rights and some the right to work outside the home. Some, however, dare to go further: the washing machine," it says.
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