Women didn’t curse. Ladies didn’t chew gum. Other than sailors, tattoos were in another universe. Women in slacks, were for very casual wear. Jewelry was subtle for everyday, for formal wear it could be spectacular. Hats and gloves for daily shopping was well every day stuff. And damn it us gals could and did wear mink coats and furs. I miss the America of my youth.
As someone who grew up in the fifties and sixties what I remember most is virtually everyone, Dem or Republican, loved their country. Nobody liked deadbeats, and every adult would rather have an arm cut off than go on welfare. Men took care of their families. Unlike what some people would have young people believe, children weren't coddled. Certainly not in my family nor anyone I knew. I didn't know one pampered kid.
The social fabric was strong because almost everybody had the same social and moral values. Communism was a dirty word. I remember teachers at my Catholic hs school disparaging "creeping socialism"
Now with the growth of liberalism much of that is gone. The social fabric has been well nigh destroyed in the desire for unlimited sexual fulfillment, drugs, and the lack of love of country. Those sorts of people don't understand that the unadulterated dash for hedonism destroys them and hurts the country. I have to think America peaked in the early sixties.