• yarr@feddit.nl
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    8 months ago

    What the hell does RTO have to do with women specifically? It’s a mandate regardless of gender.

    Nothing. This is very lazy journalism and boring rage-bait.

    As a generalization, take any bad thing “Rising mortgage rates”:

    “Mortgage Rate Hike Disproportionately Impacts Women, Minority Communities”

    As the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates in an effort to curb inflation, recent studies suggest that these measures may be adversely affecting women and minority communities more than their counterparts. The reason behind this disparity lies in existing wealth gaps between various demographic groups.

    Women and minority households tend to have lower median household income levels compared to white men, according to data from the US Census Bureau. This means they often start with smaller down payments for homes and rely on riskier loans, such as adjustable-rate mortgages…


    Congratulations, you have now turned a generic news story into some cheap click-bait. Note: with a small amount of work you can apply this technique to any negative news story.