I can appreciate the question , and the wanted return , but I think your summary of it is questionable , but also not a reason the return to the " Glory Days " ha of the 50s and 60 s , there are numbers of female represented employment areas also , but that should stop a man from wanting to be employed in those fields.
On the initial question , sure in a glorious utopia it sounds pretty good , like the old TV shows " Bewitched " and " Leave it to Beaver " , yeah all kind of lovely.. Whats for dinner dear? etc..
Except , I think it better to address your summary , if thats how you are being made to feel , ( not sure if all feel that way ) , very open systems for Men / women working together in Australia and Europe , generally that is.
Women need far more opportunity than just being house keepers and child minders. Warren Buffet believes that there is still plenty of growth in the USA due to the fact that in the past " 50% of the work force was excluded " - Warrens words.
Id like to think we've progressed beyond what was extremely sexist work places , I've certainly seen it first hand.
i think some people would like to do that at least some of the time, but the cost of living is too high today and there are too few intact marriages for that to happen on a large scale.
No, i dont prefere it It is already like this in my culture and many of my cousins kinda hate me because i am still not married since i like studying. So they told me how easy i have and they had to care for their kids, husbands etc. I respect their choice and i respect their traditional lifestyle but they dont respect mine. It kinda makes me sad. Whenever i want to talk to them, they complain about their life and bellitle me because i am not married like them. Some of them dont like to be financially dependent on their husbands but they also want to be housewifes.
I wait till marriage but i only want to stay at home when i got small kids. I also dont understand you. You have the choice to stay at home, dont you? In the past women could not really work due to discrimination in western countries but now women have the choice to be a housewife or to work. Why do you want all women to be housewifes like in the past, instead of having a choice? By the way rape in marriage was legal in many european countries.
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That’s the way it should be but sadly women ‘s lib is what ruined that by them fighting for their rights to have careers and not wanting to be stay at home moms , So by the women jumping into the career world has made the economy rise and cost of things sky rocket ect…. to the point it mainly takes 2 incomes to raise a family nowadays , if Girls kept their friggin mouths shut they would still be stay at home wives and live comfortably off of 1 income , but no Girl’s can’t keep their friggin mouths shut lol
I have mixed thoughts. It's a nice traditional view, and if you can make that work, great! BUT... this is where reality sets in lol. Not many couples/families can do that anymore, especially in today's world. Often 1 income simply isn't enough anymore like it used to be. Myself, I have a pretty decent job, especially for the area I live in, however I don't think it's enough to support a family. I'm single currently, but if I had to support a family, it would be very stressful on me financially. And there's lots of jobs out there for women that aren't male dominated. Even some that are completely female dominated. So, it's a nice thought, however to me unrealistic in today's world. Unless he's a doctor, lawyer or an extremely well paying job, but most (or a lot) of guys aren't there. So bottom line I think it depends on the couple, their personal views and if they think they can make it work financially, then there's nothing wrong with it.
Give me an example of any career more important to society than moulding the next generation. Just one.
I'll wait...
Seriously, I think life wasn't easier then, but I believe that the "subjugation" of women is a myth. My grandmothers were formidable ladies. They were both educated and intelligent, respected in their communities and both of them stopped working when their children were born. But although my grandfathers were the head of their families, their wives were undoubtedly the ones in charge.
Have you worked in any white collar office or medical job in the last 10 years? Women dominate those places and treat men there like garbage.
It's only lower paying, physically demanding or otherwise undesirable work where men still "dominate".
I'd prefer life to give people a choice other than wage slavery for most regardless of gender. But yea having women raising kids at home isn't so bad. Doesn't need to be traditional persay though, I'd be happy to have several cooperating house wives who can share childcare and free up time if one would rather work.
I think you probably have a very idealized idea of what life was like back then for women. You do still have a choice to stay home with the kids if you so choose, and it's not like that time was that long ago that that was the standard. I don't particularly want to be a stay at home mom so I wouldn't want to live in a time where I was forced into it.
No!.. don't get me wrong I am a "traditional" mom
My house is clean , I bake with kids, build gingerbread houses, help with homework and have family outings and diner at the table.
But I also love having a career. I work full time as a marine biologist and have worked hard to get there. I would be so bored and restless as a "house wife"
But no judgement on those who can or want to. It's just not for me.
Feminism ruined it, let women vote then they want all the opportunities men have. Like spoiled children they want all the perks with no responsibility. We can't turn back because everything men created made them comfortable enough to want more and more. Not theyre reaching sfor the unattainable
These days with one income, quality of life is a lot more restricted. To fund the type of lifetime many are accustomed to, Mum and dad both work. But if it weren't that way, I'd really enjoy being a housewife. It's not that i want to be lazy, but a career has never been my idea of happiness. My grandma's were housewives and to me it always sounded fulfilling!
Thats what i want, i girl thats smart and trustworthy to raise my kids. Kids nowadays are just learning from other kids and whoever you drop them off too. I want them to be with someone i trust so they can mature and do well in life by staying on the right path.
Don’t know about the women’s views and city life. But I was raised on a small family farm and life was so much more pleasant than today.
As for what my mother did. She helped with the milking, took care of the chickens, kept the house cleaned , cleaned other people’s houses, worked at a dress factory, took care of the garden and canned most of our foods. Plus raised her two children!
And she would bake homemade breads! Which is one thing that she sould have taught me to do!
yep, one income, wife at home, US a Christian nation, strict border control, 30/30 on a rack in back of truck, Police that reacted to trouble but didn't look for trouble, and gays and gender retards still in closet. Also small businesses with soda fountains and full service gas stations, small grocery stores. US produced most of the worlds products. Gold Standard and silver in coins.
No way! If women weren’t convinced they couldn’t find fulfillment without slaving away for the elite who own the vast majority of assets in this country, the cost of labor would rise and families could afford to have a parent stay at home. If that happened, it would be so much more difficult to indoctrinate children into running the corporate rat race with little hope of job security.
/sarcasm off/
u I would prefer to see parents spending more of the very early years with their children instead of the kids being raised at day care. That is one of the underlying causes of decay of our culture.
There is nothing wrong with staying home and raising children but the problem with life back then is that the world was even more male dominated than it is now. Back then, women were not allowed to have jobs unless it was a "feminine" role like teaching or nursing. Women were not allowed to vote back then. Women were not allowed to dress in clothes that were above the knee. So no, I would not prefer life BACK THEN but the choice is still there.
Once the kids are old enough... she needed something to fill her time, something empowering, something where she served the community, something that made her feel like a part of something bigger, something that helped pay the bills and gave her more freedom.
I like it how it is.
You know, there's a balance, I'm gonna be spending a lot of time with my kids, I love cooking for my husband and keeping the house neat and all that, but I love going out and getting things done even more, together, we always do things together, it's the best, our kids will too once they're old enough ^^
Life was simpler back then, gender roles were solid, wages vs costs were very affordable. But the genie is out of the bottle and you’ll never get any woman to go back to the 50’s.
I don't want people's values to change from what we are trying to achieve. I want equality for all women who want it.
But I see your point that sometimes it's nicer to go back to times that fit what you want.
I'm a stay at home mom so life is already like this for me. I wouldn't want to go back in time though I like living in 2021
No. I’d be miserable and I’d make damn sure everyone else was miserable too. I’m not going to be forced into a role I won’t like.
I think it should be a choice.
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