It looks like you're getting downvoted, but I think it's clear that the woman's perceived role at the time was NOT just eating bonbons. I think the fact that t

It looks like you're getting downvoted, but I think it's clear that the woman's perceived role at the time was NOT just eating bonbons. I think the fact that the cartoon portrays this in comedy and exaggerated form (just as the man's car is comically Too Small, and his "built to last" house's door falls off) underscores that the woman's role was perceived to be _infinite housework_ (rather than, say, coming home from _her_ job). Consider that her "help" includes the man washing a floor. In contrast, the wife (now relaxing) has handled dishes, meal planning + prep, laundry, ironing -- and the appliances there are portrayed as making that all that work take less time. As someone with all those tools now, I can confirm that I have a hard time even keeping up with what housework I notice needs doing, let alone all the work that my wife does (and arguably should have to do less of). It feels like that implied portrayal of "wife sits at home goofing off all day because machines do all the real work" couldn't be the norm.