Reply #15: There is a HUGE difference between now and then..

[SoCalDem]

THEN:

most women had no reason to go to work..

The war had just ended and they were in childbirth mode and nesting was the NORM..

Husbands made ENOUGH MONEY TO SUPPORT THE WHOLE FAMILY, and still have some time in that suburban "nest".. work schedules were predictable, and schedulable..most jobs were UNION..there were` rules..pensions, benefits, vacations, raises..

There ere no malls, multi-theatres..Most towns were boring little places, and the "action" was right there in the suburban communities..

Most families had only ONE car

People bought what they NEEDED...not EVERYTHING they think they ought to have..

Only rich people had credit cards..except of local store credit and gasoline cards)


NOW....

IT TAKES BOTH parents working to support the family in a generally accepted way..

Some women LIKE to work, and resented being stuck at "home"..

"Home" is not all it was cracked up to be anyway..Most women start to think about working (even back then) once the kids are in school.


The "back to the house" movement is fine for women who can afford to do it, but to imply that women who don't are selfish or wrong, is just stupid..

rich people have always had "choices" that the rest of us do not.. Nothing will ever change that..