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Those were the days...

#62
C'thulhu said:
I know that is how it was like in those days. It was about the same over here (in Belgium) too.
That doesn't surprise me.


What surprises me is how "explicit" that was written down.
It's kinda scary when you read that living in todays world.
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No kidding!! My wife has a Walther PPK in her purse!:eek: Seriously, I remember those attitudes, though I grew up in the early 70's. When mom started working in '77, dad was out the door in '79.
 
#63
BadB said:
No kidding!! My wife has a Walther PPK in her purse!:eek: Seriously, I remember those attitudes, though I grew up in the early 70's. When mom started working in '77, dad was out the door in '79.
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I grew up in the 80s/90s.
My mom never had a job, traditional: staying at home, do the household and take care of the kids. (That's hard work too.)

But when I and a couple of years later my sister went living on our own, my mother didn't had much to do around the house. Basicly going shopping most of the time and going out with her sisters and friends.
While my dad still worked about 12 hours a day.
That can bring tension in a marriage, you're not equal partners anymore.
My mother never had a job, she can't get comfortable with the idea of going somewhere and work for an employer.

My father and I own a business now. My mother tries to help out as much as she can, but she can't adjust to living day in day out doing a job. She still does the household. My dad's job and mine is very hectic and stressful, and requires a lot of tact and interaction skills with customers, employees and business associatives. My mom isn't good at that.
She had a nervous breakdown shortly after we started our own business because she couldn't comprehend how difficult and complicated it all was.

And it's a shame really, my mother isn't dumb or lazy. She is a hard worker and always motivated.
It's just her upbringing that screwed it up, and never allowed her to feel that she is independant.
As I fear this is the case with a lot of women of my mothers generation.

A sort of upbringing like described in that article (OP).
It is anti-women. It doesn't allow a woman to devellop. It doesn't give women much chances to do something greater with their lives. It deprives them of selfworth.


Wow, I think I just had a rant.

So thank goodness those times are over. :)
It's all in the history books now.
 
#65
C'thulhu said:
A sort of upbringing like described in that article (OP).
It is anti-women. It doesn't allow a woman to devellop. It doesn't give women much chances to do something greater with their lives. It deprives them of selfworth.
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Wow, just reading your post really makes sense of that. I always thought that the older way of doing things seemed so much better and awesome, but you've changed my mind.

Personally, I'm the main breadwinner, but I work days and my dear works evenings. I usually have a cup of tea and a bite to eat ready for HER when she gets home at night.
 
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#69
C'thulhu said:
I still can't believe that excerpt from that magazine is real. :confused:
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According to the SNOPES article linked to earlier, it isn't real.

Although, SNOPES does say that the story is a modern contrivance designed to illustrate a point about past prejudices, it goes on to say that the general attitude presented in the story about the wife being subservient to her husband is more or less accurate.


Sadly, this attitude still exists in a few places in the western world, and more than a few places in the east.
 
#70
hbarcat said:
Sadly, this attitude still exists in a few places in the western world, and more than a few places in the east.
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Well, I'm not here to judge that. People should live their lives the way they want to.

My post earlier (#63) in this thread was my interpretation of married relationships over the last 100 years.

I am interested in history, some time ago I was reading (and studying up) on the Victorian era, and I came across how some women rights movements came about in Brittain.
But my memory is lapsing... I can't remember the name of a very important British woman that did a lot for feminisme in the late 19th century. I found that one of the most interesting people in society-history.


Also, I wrote that post to score points with the ladies here on TB. :ninja:
 
#75
spencer said:
Its wrong for a woman to serve her husband? For all who consider yourself christian take a look at the bible..
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It really depends on what "serving" means to each person. If serving means to do your part in the family to make everything run smoother and to serve out of the love and respect you have for your husband then yes, by all means. If serving means to "know your role and shut your hole" then no, that's ridiculous.

I just thought that this particular picture was hilarious so I started this thread. My friend emailed this to me and I laughed for a half hour straight. We all, at least I hope we do, know how to treat our ladies and that it's a two lane highway in this world. The best way to be served is to first serve.
 

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