Why was the state pension age lower for women?

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I can't find a simple answer to this question. Why was the pension age 60 for women and 65 for men until recently?

Was it because women were seen as weaker and unable to work after 60?

The state pension wasn't means tested because they worked out it would cost more to means test than not.

But it is taxable, even though it's paid gross. So if you have another pension which takes you into the tax bracket, a coding adjustment is made to cover the pension.

Do you think it was fair that there was no such thing as rape in marriage? It was considered that men had the right to use their wives for sex whenever they wished, something that didn’t change until the 90s.

Bullshit! after seeing the lives of drudgery that their mothers lived women born in the 50s and 60s wanted something better for themselves and their daughters. We were the first wave feminists and have been fighting for true equality ever since. It’s just a pity that so many men haven’t evolved at all and in many ways are even more useless than my father’s generation.

Of course that was absolutely outrageous.

But we're talking about financial matters here, so you're comparing apples with oranges.

Or are you somehow saying that you believe women shouldn't be protected from rape within marriage, just as long as they're financially advantaged to compensate for it?