Do you think if we went back to the 50's culture where most women didn't work it would be better?

Question

Family life was better. Kids were happier having mom at home. Much less divorce and both husband and wife were not forced to
work to keep up. Think about it once women started to work it snowballed and has caused strain on finances, family ,relationships all because it's now required. Serious responses only.

Answer 1

~Yup, take the bytch out of the kitchen, let her stop popping out puppies, put her in a man's job and pretty soon, before you know it the republicans and bible thumpers control congress, Bobby Seale gets the blacks all uppity, Ceasar Chavez messes with the pickers, drugs make a comeback, unemployment and inflation push up the crime rate, unions drive prices so sky-high we buy foreign imports and shut down domestic plants, kids figure they are entitled to instant gratification via a free ride and don't (won't) do squat for themselves, teachers are so scared of being raped or killed after class that they forget how to teach, welfare keeps folks from actually working for a living and learning the value of a buck (not to mention self-respect), the medico's push us into the poorhouse with their charges and the price of health insurance, the illegals rally nationwide to keep their purple cards (they couldn't get green ones), tv plays to the lowest common denominator so emmys go to shows that wouldn't have made kiddie hour in the 50's, the internet keeps people out of libraries and away from books (and independent thought), video games replace actual play, exercise and imagination, Billy Jean King gets an endorsement by Snap on Tools and sexual identity is lost in the dust, stem cell research, which could screen out all the waste before it gets to the delivery room, is condemned, and broads are actually thinking they should have rights just like they was human beans or somethin. All because June Cleaver told Ward he was a little rough on the Beaver.
Bring back the 50's and Joe McCarthy I say. Oops - we've still got Joe. We just call him Sean Hammity, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh or Jerry Falwell. Guess that won't work. Let's just chain the bimbos to the stove or the bed and Wonderland will return. And as long as we're puttin' women back in the kitchen, let's put the blacks back in the fields, the wops back in the barber shops and pollaks back in the sausage plants (as production or product - didn't matter then, shouldn't matter now).
So, what did you do today to make the world a better place? Write a letter to the editor supporting the Patriot Act, or join a rally to support our invasion of Afghanistan and the record poppy crop?

Answer 2

Someone has to look after the kids. My mother didn't work till I was 5. I think that helped, then after school I would go to my Grand Parents until I was 10.

With both parents working, and the power struggles that creates, something needs to change.

I think people should define how things are going to be before planning kids. Who's going to stay at home, or who's going to mind the kids.

I'm not sure what the answer is. I am sure women don't want to be forced house workers. I do however applaud those who do chose this route. There are many small businesses that can be run from home.

Answer 3

I wouldn't want to go back to the 50's but I do agree that having a parent at home with the kids is the key to raising happy, well-adjusted children. As for the rest of it....I don't think it is all because of women working...a lot of it is because women have demanded respect and equality which I wouldn't want to change. I def agree about the kids though!

Answer 4

I think it's good out of a 10/8. I would certainly love it if my mom could stay home, all the other children have moms at home, why can't I be that way?! She could work at home, and she could be with me and my father. She could help me with my school work, play, work out, watch T.V., call her friends, while she's at home working, on her P.C.. Oh, and the reason the divorce rate is up to 60% now, the 18-24 yr. old parents, are working at strip clubs, being $luts and pimps. And the older ones see finer looking women [or men], and break their vows. You get the message, go figure.

Answer 5

I believe so. I despise having to work just to keep my kids fed and clothed. A mans paycheck just doesn't cut it anymore, and I blame a lot of that on the feminist movement. Yeah, I'm ready to burn my bra too, but only because I despise the dang thing. I still like being with my children...I still like my doors opened...I still like some of the old ways. But times change and we just have to go with the flow. If I were to consider staying home now, there goes my retirement. People live much longer now than they did back in the 50's. I see so many older women now having to work since the man died and social security just isn't cutting it. It just breaks my heart to see some little old lady having to work.

Answer 6

I understand what you mean yet instead of going back to the 50's I think it would be great if we could somehow adopt that eras essence without out sacrificing what women have achieved so far...we all know that women have come a very long way and it's been a very slow and hard process...but they have been victorious.

Answer 7

Do you think some women have a choice? Some are forced to work! To feed their family, because the man's financial income doesn't suffice, because the woman may be suddenly widowed/divorced, etc. Geez! Not all of them are working out of desire, you know. Besides, can't a woman have a passion and be free to work for it (whether it be art, management, teaching, etc) ?

Answer 8

I agree with you. I am a woman and think it is important for a mom to stay at home and take care of the kids. I think that our society has gotten where it is today because kids are not cared for, parents don't have the time to watch what their kids are doing, and in turn kids end up doing drugs, having sex, etc all at a very young age.

Answer 9

You got it spot on.been saying it myself for ages ,but times have changed everyone got to have top of the range of everything no matter what it cost .It's the kids i feel for cos if they not got it,they get picked on so parents are under pressure to earn more. Ok i'm older,but i was happy with love and stability ,and money doesn't buy happiness,it just makes being miserable a little bit better. when the kid's of today grow older they'll understand,just hope it,s not too late.

Answer 10

Costs rose to the point where two wage earners are needed to
make ends meet.

Everything about life in general was much better in the 50's