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> Honestly how did we convince half of society that it was liberating and freedom to be able to slave away for a corporate wage day in and day out? I think bec
by chomp 3y ago
> Honestly how did we convince half of society that it was liberating and freedom to be able to slave away for a corporate wage day in and day out?
I think because until recently, housewives had a very poor standard of living (e.g. women couldn't reliably get credit cards til the 70s, very traditional views of a role of a woman in a family). It's not a surprise that the subsequent generations (Gen X and Millennials) were raised with distaste for the housewife lifestyle.
- Gibbon1 3y agoSummarizing stuff my mom and grandmothers said. In the US during WWII women took over a lot of traditionally male jobs and got to run their own lives as men were often away. After the war there was a full court press to force women back into the home and traditional roles. And by 1960 women were in open revolt. My mother mentioned being a housewife with small kids as. You spend all day at home with children and no adults to talk to. Then your husband comes home and now you have an adult to talk to. But he's been talking adult stuff all day and just wants some downtime.
- dingnuts 3y ago>My mother mentioned being a housewife with small kids as. You spend all day at home with children and no adults to talk to. The modern homeschooling movement is solving this problem. I've seen it firsthand. The caretaker parents put their kids in various daytime group programs and many days are spent with other parents and other kids. The kids get time with other kids. The parents get time with other adults. It's the grassroots version of "it takes a village"