Today I read an article from a magazine from 1955 that listed several things the "good housewife" should do- all geared toward pleasing the man of the house, which appropriately ended with something to the tune of- you don't have the right to argue anything he says or does. Now of course the independant part of me screamed in pain at this piece of crap writing, but then again the divorce rate was much lower back then than it is now. However, I'm pretty sure that people were not exactly happy then either- at least not the "good housewives". Makes you wonder what is better- does one person have to give up so much more in order to make it work?
