Home Economics is a lost art.
Look through old writing from the 30’s and 40’s. It was expected that the housewife was thrifty and economical. Now, they just wear pants and expect to eat out a lot.
It’s funny that a dual-income household of today has both people working like dogs, but in a living standard doing no better or worse than the single income of the past. The government has certainly benefited most from the so-called women’s movement.
“It’s funny that a dual-income household of today has both people working like dogs, but in a living standard doing no better or worse than the single income of the past.”
Simple economics. When you double the supply of labor, without doubling the productivity of the economy, wages are not going to stay the same.
Ask most women of this era what they make for dinner & they will say “RESERVATIONS”.