Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Zuby"
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@nagillim7915
It came long before the fifties. When Europeans first came to America, they settled onto their new homesteads as the nuclear family. They isolated themselves on large farms, as much as 160 acres, sometimes far from the nearest settlement. Their children didn't necessarily inherit the land, meaning that they had to divide it with their siblings. They could go out and claim their own homestead, which meant going to new lands, sometimes far from their parents. Owning land became a dream that had never existed before.
The fifties brought new affluence so women didn't have near the work that their mothers and grandmothers had. Refrigerators, washers and dryers, electric stoves, vacuum cleaners, all the new conveniences that made life so much easier. Kids were gone to school at age five where, at one time, school wasn't required by law and most kids didn't even go to school. No wonder women became bored. Doing laundry by hand might be drudgery but it sure did keep you busy. Now, you throw a load into the washing machine and you go and watch TV until it's done. Then you throw it into the dryer and watch TV until it's dry. Then you fold the laundry in front of the TV set. Life became too easy and one can't blame women for wanting more.
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