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Men In 1960 Were Oppressed And Naive
Most were like Don. After living at home they joined the army or went to dollege first and then were taken into the army perhaps at a higher rank after some training.Few knew what it was like to live on their own as free independant bachelors and almost all then got married without even knowing the first thing about life. They went from one mother to the army mother then to the wife mother.Instead of acquiring some wealth they were thrown right into supporting a wife and her kids and were trapped into a life of servitude.It was all about what the female wanted and you'll notice that even today that a man going to his wedding acts like he's going to his own funeral.And I'll tell you something that you probably don't know but in psychiatry men planning to marry always have dreams of funerals.Women don't.
wow what next dude you never cease to amaze keep up the good work
Pity my Dad: he got Mom knocked up with me..... when he was eighteen and she, nineteen.
They then proceeded to wage WWIII for 23 years.
Rasputin 1963...I get exactly waht you are saying. Myself and my brothers were POW's of my parent's marriage. They never celebrated their anniversary and we never knew when it was....
By the same token, women of that era had even fewer job opportunities and far lower pay when they were hired, especially in the job market after WWII.
They went from living under their father's ostensible "rule" to living under their husband's. Such as rasputin's mother did. Young men and women did what they were taught to do. Young men - home (to Army) to marriage. Young women - home to marriage.
My dad went from home to work (at age 16) to the Navy during WWII to marriage. Mom went from home to nurses' training during WWII (war was over, never finished) to marriage.
Sometimes the marriages worked (such as my folks) and sometimes they didn't. The difference now is both men and women can decide to opt out. And they do.
I don't know. I knew lots of really happy, well-adjusted men of that generation. True I was young at the time, but they used to laugh, go to the movies, play softball on weekends, have picnics with the families (extended) and save lots of money.
I think you're being a bit naive and knee-jerk about that generation and time. It also seems that it is so very fashionable to look at every time, people or society as "opressed," a kind of worship of victimhood. Like they're all abused children.