Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes

To Draw For A Moment From An Entirely Different Corner Of My Life, That Part Of Me Still Attached To The Biological Sciences, There Is Ample Evidence That Animals - Rats And Monkeys, For Example - That Are Forced Into A Subordinate Status Within Their Social Systems Adapt Their Brain Chemistry Accordingly, Becoming 'depressed' In Humanlike Ways. Their Behavior Is Anxious And Withdrawn; The Level Of Serotonin (the Neurotransmitter Boosted By Some Antidepressants) Declines In Their Brains. And - What Is Especially Relevant Here - They Avoid Fighting Even In Self-defense ... My Guess Is That The Indignities Imposed On So Many Low-wage Workers - The Drug Tests, The Constant Surveillance, Being 'reamed Out' By Managers - Are Part Of What Keeps Wages Low. If You're Made To Feel Unworthy Enough, You May Come To Think That What You're Paid Is What You Are Actually Worth.

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