Makes it easier to slide into bad parenting though if one is not entirely focused on the children. Ease of information in the modern age may eventually make up for it, but we've a long ways to go.
That and the fact that with smaller families and modern conveniences, both parents can work and still maintain a family and a household. I still think it's better to have one parent at home, but it's no longer necessary. And as we moved from a mostly agrarian society to a more industrialized society, there were more jobs women could do and fewer chores that women had to do.
We could call it the "Smoker, Joker, and Midnight Toker" subforum
Honestly, they mean it's changed from the idealization they fondly remember. That idealization was never the reality for everyone, of course. My great-grandfather died when my grandfather was twelve; he was the oldest of twelve children. My great-grandmother (who had never worked outside the home and fields, having been married at fourteen) went to work as a washerwoman, taking in laundry; my grandfather had to drop out of school (not uncommon for a twelve-year old back then) and go to work.WTF do people mean when they say the family's been destroyed?
This is true.Makes it easier to slide into bad parenting though if one is not entirely focused on the children. Ease of information in the modern age may eventually make up for it, but we've a long ways to go.
OP, I bet you also wish slavery was back, less unemployment for black people, amrite?
You are probably some old fart talking about "good ol days". Too bad, the world is changing, and when your generation passes away, nobody will give a shit what you said.
Women have always been an equal part of the the "workforce". Only a fool would ignore the intrinsic value in keeping a home and raising children. Until recently (the last 20-30 years) this allowed the man to work outside the home and provide financial means with a single income. Today most women end up doing their best to work inside and outside the home and the strain has a negative impact on the family.
Western culture is a victim of it's own success. Not a mass conspiracy by "global bankers". Commercialism, materialism and the emergence of a disposable society have destroyed the family. We are victims of our own selfish wants and desires; driven by mass media bombardment that tells us we can and should have it "all" right now without working to earn it or appreciating what we already have.
Honestly I think that's partly a symptom of the quality of people, which may have declined. Previously the stigma of divorce made people get over it and work their way through it.
The stigma/disincentive surrounding divorce was much greater when it was almost always clear the man was the cause of the divorce and it was almost always a major determent to the woman to be divorced.
This is why a free and independent woman has reduced the stability of the american family. But the trade off of doubling the value of our productive force, freeing the creative minds that were previously limited to teaching and nursing and allowing people that are being abused to take care of themselves are all well worth the trade. Freedom comes at the expense of the social order.
Thank you-all for the ATLR update that women are the cause of everything bad in today's world. I like to keep up with who is being blamed for what.
Thank you-all for the ATLR update that women are the cause of everything bad in today's world. I like to keep up with who is being blamed for what.
The stigma/disincentive surrounding divorce was much greater when it was almost always clear the man was the cause of the divorce and it was almost always a major determent to the woman to be divorced.
Imho, Feminism and the ERA were artificial creations designed to destroy family (values) and degrade women.
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Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
We need a mandatory draft for women.
I think a requirment for Selective Service registration only for men is sexist.
So am I to understand that currently you do not open the door for men? Is your sense of courtesy broken?They can pay for my dinner and open doors for me and have the same car insurance bill as me while we're at it.
I agree that registration for men only is sexist. I also beleive the whole selective service system is long overdue for abolition. It serves no purpose and is a waste of money.We need a mandatory draft for women.
I think a requirment for Selective Service registration only for men is sexist.
Women have always been an equal part of the the "workforce". Only a fool would ignore the intrinsic value in keeping a home and raising children. Until recently (the last 20-30 years) this allowed the man to work outside the home and provide financial means with a single income. Today most women end up doing their best to work inside and outside the home and the strain has a negative impact on the family.
Western culture is a victim of it's own success. Not a mass conspiracy by "global bankers". Commercialism, materialism and the emergence of a disposable society have destroyed the family. We are victims of our own selfish wants and desires; driven by mass media bombardment that tells us we can and should have it "all" right now without working to earn it or appreciating what we already have.
And Edward Bernays showed the world howPaul Mazer, a Wall Street banker working for Lehman Brothers in the 1930s, is cited as declaring "We must shift America from a needs- to a desires-culture. People must be trained to desire, to want new things, even before the old have been entirely consumed. [...] Man's desires must overshadow his needs."
Everything you say is true except the conspiracy part,
And Edward Bernays showed the world how
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9167657690296627941
can I have what you're smoking?
Do tell.Feminism will eventually collapse after it has dismantled the same social system which it used as a standing platform.
They mean that there is a lot of divorce.
>implying nazis would have gotten any attention from the population if the french didn't decide to make them pay dearly the first world war (which definitely had no good or bad guys, it was all about world power).Nazis destroyed the family!