This isn’t just the '50s and '60s. This lifestyle existed in the '80s and '90s, although presumably that was the beginning of the end.
I’m curious, are you suggesting it was crimes against women being taken seriously that brought about this economic downturn? Just trying to find a nexus between the post and your comment.
The idea that American families used to thrive on one adult income is propaganda aimed at the uninformed and easily swayed. It makes the 1950s look like a simpler, fairer time, but that’s misleading. That ideal mostly applied to white, middle-class families. Black and Hispanic families faced systemic racism like redlining and being denied GI Bill benefits, and women were expected to stay home, often earning far less if they worked at all. Poverty, social constraints, and inequality for most were ignored. Nostalgia for that era is a story sold to flatter the smaller minded.
This isn’t just the '50s and '60s. This lifestyle existed in the '80s and '90s, although presumably that was the beginning of the end.
I’m curious, are you suggesting it was crimes against women being taken seriously that brought about this economic downturn? Just trying to find a nexus between the post and your comment.
Ill feed your curiosity.
The idea that American families used to thrive on one adult income is propaganda aimed at the uninformed and easily swayed. It makes the 1950s look like a simpler, fairer time, but that’s misleading. That ideal mostly applied to white, middle-class families. Black and Hispanic families faced systemic racism like redlining and being denied GI Bill benefits, and women were expected to stay home, often earning far less if they worked at all. Poverty, social constraints, and inequality for most were ignored. Nostalgia for that era is a story sold to flatter the smaller minded.