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Are there any places where it's still relatively common for a woman to graduate high school, maybe live at home for a few years, and then get married where they become a housewife without ever working a single day at a job or career. They may still do "work" like helping with stuff around the house or volunteer work.
I know a lot of housewives, but all of them went to college. Even decades ago, many housewives-to-be attended college, if only to find a guy. A lot easier to find a partner in college than sitting at your parent's house.
Any other housewife I can think of would marry someone during or immediately after high school.
The more important point though, is that what you speak of is a dangerous path for someone to rely on, financially speaking. If this woman you mention is not able to find a man who can support her fully, she will be sitting at home with her parents with absolutely no work experience to list on a resume. Back in the 1950s, the average worker usually made enough to support an entire family. Now things are far more uncertain, and it is an incredibly extreme risk to bank everything on finding a man.
So I guess to answer your question: it'll be an area wherever there are plenty of well-paid single men who are looking to be married, while simultaneously being an area where women are discouraged from pursuing a career.
The sense I got from spending a little time living near a small town (~5000 people) in a semi-rural area is that some women found someone when they were just out of high school, and they started to make a family. I guess that comes close.
Last edited by sad_hotline; 06-08-2018 at 10:59 AM..
Don't Mormon women attend college and travel all over the world for missionary work?
I guess it depends whether you're answering the title question or the more detailed description by the OP. College and volunteer work are not the same as working. They're just not straight out of high school.
I guess it depends whether you're answering the title question or the more detailed description by the OP. College and volunteer work are not the same as working. They're just not straight out of high school.
Ah, I see. I guess from my perspective, I've always seen entering the workforce as nigh-mandatory if you go to college, considering the amount of debt most colleges will drop you into.
Ah, I see. I guess from my perspective, I've always seen entering the workforce as nigh-mandatory if you go to college, considering the amount of debt most colleges will drop you into.
I understand, the OP just asked "Any places in the US today where it's still common for women to marry without ever working". Full stop.
Then redefines the question by saying straight out of high school with maybe a few years at home.
I don't know why.
I would think most housewives have either attended college or worked at some point in their lives.
Utah would be the sensible answer if you're looking for women with no work experience but don't mind if they attended college or did missionary work after high school.
Either way, it seems kind of creepy to me if that was what a man looked for in a woman.
Are there any places where it's still relatively common for a woman to graduate high school, maybe live at home for a few years, and then get married where they become a housewife without ever working a single day at a job or career. They may still do "work" like helping with stuff around the house or volunteer work.
Go on a dating site in Wyoming. Half the women you find on there don't seem to have jobs. My other guess would be Utah. Some families there really like to keep the kids coming so the wife stays at home,
Any of the hyper-conservative, religious states will have the most of this.
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