[FLT-bird]

What were all those housewives doing wrong in the 1950s to start all this? I know everything men do is merely a reaction to the evil of women, so... can you tell me why this would start in the 50s? I thought it started in the 70s, because "feminism." But the 50s? What were women doing wrong in the 50s?

Question: Did marriage rates decline significantly in the 1950s?

Answer: "No, U.S. marriage rates did not decline significantly in the 1950s; rather, they remained at a high, stable level following a massive post-World War II peak, and a notable, continuous decline did not begin until the 1970s and 1980s"

[A_perfect_lady]

Answer: "No, U.S. marriage rates did not decline significantly in the 1950s...

Says who? According to the CDC (April 2020), 1946 was when it reached an all-time high of 16.4, and then it declined to 8.4 by 1958. That's pretty darn significant, so the author was right to say it started in the 1950s. We've never reached that high again, not even close. So again I ask WHY. WHY in the 1950s. What were women doing wrong? (Because I know on FR, it's always the women who are in the wrong, I'm only humbly asking my masters WHAT exactly we did wrong even in the 1950s.)