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In reply to the discussion: Man I'm sick of nostalgia for the 1950s [View all]leftyladyfrommo
(18,874 posts)66. No well paid jobs for women.
Single women with children were demonized.
And single women getting pregnant were whores. The young women went to special homes for unwed mothers. They were pretty much forced to give up their babies for adoption.
They wore the Red Letter A for the rest of their lives.
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Well that's why so many former white Dems switched to the Repub party after the Civil Rights Era...
Wounded Bear
Aug 2019
#33
Something I've wondered about re:Japanese internment. How safe would they have been living in
BamaRefugee
Aug 2019
#52
I'd be willing to bet Japanese Americans of that time would've chosen their freedom...
brush
Aug 2019
#65
Please. That was for whites only. And what's also not mentioned is there were recessions...
brush
Aug 2019
#43
Yep, for a brief slice of the 20th centuries job opportunities were plentiful for white males...
brush
Aug 2019
#7
I agree. I was born a white male in 1946. I was aware that I had privileges that
wasupaloopa
Aug 2019
#17
Movies and television shaped the mindset of that Era and cast the die for the future.
jaysunb
Aug 2019
#18
I'm glad I grew up in a time when a walk in the school yard didn't mean potential death.
Vinca
Aug 2019
#22
Just think, someday there will be those who consider now to be the "good old days".
elocs
Aug 2019
#30
Rightfully so. This is objectively the best time to be alive in human history
Recursion
Aug 2019
#37
I didn't see it mentioned so I will add this perspective - they liked obedient women.
Runningdawg
Aug 2019
#46
And if you are a woman and had an abusive husband, unless your family was very supportive
raccoon
Aug 2019
#60
Don't forget a lack of birth control forced women into multiple child situations
OnlinePoker
Aug 2019
#56