U R AWARE OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE 40 AND 50'S...WOMEN WERE DISMISSED,SEXUALIZED
AND EXPECTED TO BE "BAREFOOT AND PREGNANT,' TO USE A ARCHAIC TERM....ALL THE POWER WAS WITHIN THE MALES DOMAIN. then the pill came along....THAT EQUALIZED THE TERMS OF A RELATIONSHIP....AND THEN THAT FACTOR CREATED A COUNTER APPROACH TO THE FEMALE/MALE EQUATION.
FEAR OF BEING PREGNANT AND NEEDING A FINANCIAL FOUNDATION WAS NO LONGER PART OF THE MINDSET...BINGO,WOMEN DECIDED TO GET JOBS,HAVE THEIR OWN MONEY, AND CREATE A LIFE,OTHER THAN "THE PERFECT WIFE,WITH THE MARTINI AWAITING THE MAN AT THE DOOR. i NEVER TRULY WATCHED ALL OF "MAD MEN" ON TV, BUT FROM WHAT I DID SEE, THAT WAS A REALITY...2ND CLASS CITIZEN...HERE HONEY, GO GET MY COFFEE,AS THE LITTLE SLAP ON THE BUTT WAS EXECUTED.... WOMEN HAVE REBELLED,BECAUSE FOR SO LONG THEY WERE INVISIBLE AND EXPECTED TO BE SUBSERVIENT.
I SEE THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN....THE PENDULUM HAS SWUNG TOO FAR IN DIRECTION,IT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO CENTER,....JUST LIKE OUR PRESENT GOVERNMENT.