No John Kelly, Women were marginalized in the 1950s, not treated as sacred (racist, Miami)
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Originally Posted by nononsenseguy
This is BULL.
My wife's mother always worked. Her grandmother did to ...in an aircraft plant. My mother didn't have to work, because my father made a very good living.
Raising children is something real women want to do and they are proud of their families.
There were no credit cards in those days.
Women have always served on juries.
My mother always drove a car. (I know you didn't mention that). My mother was involved in many things. She raised dogs, she was a Cub Scout Den Mother, and she was later involved in Boy Scouts. She sang in the church choir with my two older sisters. She played piano and organ. She painted and hung wall paper. When we remodeled the house, she helped my dad sand and finish the hardwood floors. My mother sailed with my dad and their friends before they were married. She knew how to handle a boat, and when I was older, and my dad bought a boat, she taught us to sail.
My mother raised six children, and she did a good job of it too.
When we moved to the country, my mother rode horseback with my father and older sister. She helped my dad with the garden and other chores too. She was not relegated to the kitchen and laundry.
In the 50s my father had credit cards & my mother couldn't use them. There was no such thing as a spousal card. My father travelled. If something happened that cost money we were in trouble. My mother couldn't use his credit cards & couldn't even write a check. As for equality, the help wanted ads were segregated by gender into the 70s. Male teachers made more than female teachers, etc., etc.
Last edited by southbound_295; 10-21-2017 at 04:06 PM..
“When I was a kid growing up, a lot of things were sacred in our country,” he said. “Women were sacred and looked upon with great honor. That’s obviously not the case anymore, as we see from recent cases.”
What did he say wrong?
He is a sexist now?
WOW, it is true that some people are in a constant state of psychotic rage.
“When I was a kid growing up, a lot of things were sacred in our country,” he said. “Women were sacred and looked upon with great honor. That’s obviously not the case anymore, as we see from recent cases.”
What did he say wrong?
He is a sexist now?
WOW, it is true that some people are in a constant state of psychotic rage.
I think the point being the statement was a generalization and not a true representation of how it was for a great deal of women in the 40s and 50s.
I think the point being the statement was a generalization and not a true representation of how it was for a great deal of women in the 40s and 50s.
He said, when he was growing up. I think he was talking about his own experience.
I don't think he meant anything bad at all.
It is silly to get worked up over this.
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