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EuroMillions fantasy - give all women £1m?

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TrentCrimmIsHot · 30/01/2024 10:33

I seem to have killed another thread with this thought but I meant it to be a separate thread anyway.

I was idly wondering - if I won the EuroMillions (I won't as I haven't entered) and gave £1 million to every woman in the UK, what effects would it have? How many relationships would break up because women can finally leave a shitty partner? Then what would happen to the housing market? What would happen to the economy? To private funding for decent education and health care and mental health care?

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TrentCrimmIsHot · 30/01/2024 18:40

LatteFlatte · 30/01/2024 16:14

Interesting thought! I think lots of women would leave their partners. I also think it highly likely that it would increase violence and murder against women as the men wouldn't be happy, so it would need to be done as secretly as possible.

I didn't think of that but it's a good point!

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TrentCrimmIsHot · 30/01/2024 18:44

financialcareerstuff · 30/01/2024 15:37

I don't think you need a million, if the idea is to free mothers who feel trapped in abusive, toxic relationships with men.

Even 10K would radically change many women's ability to move out and feed their kids until getting on their feet.

No, it's not reality - but it would be wonderful to be able to provide that.

Yes I'm sure for many it wouldn't need to be that much. But it wasn't only that - it made me wonder whether other services would improve, eg health and education, because women would have the means to pay for them and as paying customers could insist on better provision.

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