REspectful? Why must this type of work be compared to the work a man does? Shouldn't hold enough merit all on its on to be considered "real" work? Lol, 14 years later just trying to challenge your mindset.
God bless our Great-Grandmothers, Grandmothers and Mothers because they worked damn hard! They kept family fed, homes clean and organized with the best of what they could provide. A lot of them didn't have the conveniences of a fridge, wringer-washer or a "modern" equipped home with electricity and running water back then either. With all the conveniences of today, we have no right to grumble about chores because we have it too easy and take things for granted.
My mother was a terrible housekeeper-she me ME do all the housework. Thankfully, we had all modern appliances but this myth of the "little woman" keeping an excellent home is a myth for many people.
I was married with four boys by the age of 26. My husband has a very good job. Born in 1970 I was brought up "old school" as they say. I'm a stay at home mom, naturally. My husband works hard so I also work hard. My father called me "pioneer woman" when my boys were younger. We still have a 19 year old at home but I continue to carry on the traditions my grandmother instilled in me. To whom I'm very grateful. It was hard work but well worth it.
@@jordisbraun4985 Several hours of cleaning? Mopping, vacuuming, dusting, laundry, hanging clothes on the clothesline outside, polishing the floor, scrubbing the bathrooms, sweaty, dirty, bending low, shaking out rugs, carrying heavy baskets of laundry around the house, up stairs and down, washing windows/mirrors, waxing furniture? doing serious manual labor for hours and hours in high heels? Or do you mean simple dusting, washing dishes, putting a load of laundry in the washing machine, as in an hour of simple chores and then cooking dinner? Very few could handle all day of doing heavy labor in high heels, nor did they see the sense in having that level of discomfort. Many wore peddle-pushers and Keds for serious housework, and would cover their hair with a scarf to keep it clean during that heavy work. My childhood field of reference was 3 households within the family. Only the grandparent born circa 1887 always wore a dress and low heels, even when doing heavy cleaning, low heels about 1.5 - 2 inches, never high heels. My parent was born in 1920, and Nana was born circa 1904.
Although by today's standards we recognize this as still being sexist, for the times, it was actually pretty progressive (compared to the standard of the day). It was all housework, but at least they were trying to make it known that the shit a woman did in her household (in heels; another part of the standard of the day) was hard work. I did also find the informational bits about improvements to their technology at the time to be pretty interesting.
DogMechanic What do you mean? We all know this isn't sexist. We all know women prefer to work in the kitchen than a labor job and a man would rather do a job it's human nature.
In the reality of the time, they didn't actually wear heels at home, meaning they didn't do their housework in heels. Flats, yes, heels, no. Heels were for looking your best, for after the work was done. Hollywood has painted a false picture (as usual.)
@@anna-tr7no it is absolutely true, as a general rule. Very few women want to work as a machinist, a construction worker, a plumber, etc. They'd much rather be in some sort of care-taking or hospitality line of work. Which is why education, care homes, and the medical field in general are dominated by women.
No one said "simple". Feminism claims women were regarded as stupid or simple. But it's not true. Only what was the small percentage of dishonorable men had wrong attitudes. Jerks always will! The far greater portion of men were honorable and very respectful to women and their intellects and insights. Be careful about believing social engineering. It's chock full of lies.
These were old corporate 'ethics' training videos contracted by GM to train its male employees so they understood that the work women performed isn't at all easy. It gives plenty of examples of how they do work just as hard as men. The references to 'little woman', 'weaker sex' that you hear within the video are phrases most men used back in that day when referring to women.
It's insulting enough how surprised the narrator sounds when he explains that even a woman is capable of shifting gears. She can park and back up too!? AMAZING!
Obviously this film is archaic and from a more gender-segregated time, but as far as I can tell it seems to be intending to dispel the notion that women are weak; maybe even celebrate their strength.
Have to say I love the kitcken, the the refrigerator looks huge on the inside. If my Mama had been paid for all the work she did, raising 5 children, took care of live stock of the farm, did the finances, plus the house work not to mention all the small things that got overlooked. She could have retired a millionaire. Our father worked 14 days on 7 days off, offshore. Than ran a shrimp and a charter boat on his days off. So Mama did 98% of everything at home.
uh... you might just want to look around. You're in the minority view on that "what a feminist is" these days. I have a novel idea, stop trying to tell women what they SHOULD be doing. If a woman wants to get married, let her be an adult and get married. If a woman wants to stay at home and raise her children, let her be an adult and do it. Feminist cry for freedom, but try to force their views of "freedom" on all women. ALL.
Actually from my experience, many women from the older generations are entirely better at taking care of themselves in their last years than the men. It's mostly because of what they are doing in the above video, conditioned to run a household (the living vs. the money making part). It might balance out as newer generations age, but IMO it seems like older women are better at taking the decline better as well as living longer.
What you're hearing is accentuated Flattery, for the purposes of selling appliances by fanning the ego. They used to flatter using emphatic tones. By their repeated disclaiming of feminine "weakness", it would prepare the road ahead for "feminism." Flattering the ego is a very powerful tool, both in social engineering and in product marketing. ~ Emphatic flattery can sound just like condescension to the modern ear. The culture has changed. It's good to keep that in mind.
I appreciate your comment, it gives me joy to know there are still people [men and women] that are still down to earth and not selfish, which is what being a wife OR husband is about. I wish you and your family to be, great happiness.
If women's work was valued it wouldn't be so onerous. I used to lovingly iron my Dad's shirts. Because he appreciated it. One less thing for him to do. And it was my Dad who taught me about cooking, cleaning and sewing. Dad was the youngest in his family. When his mother got sick, he was the one who took care of the household chores while HIS Dad worked two shifts in the mine. My Dad kept the house going. He had first hand experience of how necessary "woman's work" was. My mother went to work early. She was used to being outside the home. Absolutely DESPISED housework and childrearing. When she was unable to work for whatever reason she would get the housework done, but she turned loose the full bore acid of her unhappiness on me. I knew from a very early age just how much of a useless disgusting burden I was in her life. Strangely my brother was all that was perfect with the universe. Go figure.
Thank you for sharing about your life! I love hearing about people who broke gender roles back then. Did anyone think it was weird that your father knew all these things or did they shrug it off? I always wonder if gender roles were as bad back then as we make them out to be or if it depended on where you lived and what the adults of that generation experienced as a child that decided what was normal in their eyes. I feel like more people did in fact break gender roles if they came from a big family where all the kids had to pitch in and help out no matter what the task was.
+Misoneism2002 Gender roles up through the 70's were a thing of the middle-class and rich. In families with less money, everyone did what they had to, regardless if it was 'women's work' or 'man's work'.
Their was a very high price to pay for her freedom to work, and you paid it Sandra. I'm sure many daughters could say the same when their mothers were not allowed to find a creative outlet outside the home and forced to do housework. I hope you were able to turn this around with your own family?
Most of the 1950s educational films here on TH-cam was just hardcore advertising back in the day. Electric this, electric that...60 years later and Americans don't have to do anything anymore, there is a machine for everything, thus the reason why obesity and bad health are such a problem.
Yes, it was all about selling, but electric-everything did more than make tasks easier, it imposed a whole new frequency upon the human frame, which has caused serious health problems, one of many is metabolism.
I am an adult now. The time for talking about my childhood with my mother is long past. Besides, she knows and ... That is great. I highly encourage everyone to start a business.
Slippers for cleanliness, of course, but I was also concerned for her safety on that staircase ... If she wants to scrub the floor all day just so that she can wear shoes inside, fine, but I'm pretty sure most of those ladies had twisted ankles and bunions.
I agree wirh you. In Laos, my country, we go barefoot inside the house. It is customary to take your shoes off in Asian countries. That's how we maintain a clean home.
I agree with this short! This is exactly what I do every day to get breakfast, lunch and dinner done and yes, in heels! My husband wouldn't be able to hack it and we are frail, we're females. And as someone else said in a comment that's just how we're made. God created us in that way. I wouldn't change my lifestyle for anything and I don't know about you but I'm full of ginger and pep!
Now wait just a moment. I am a preschool/ day care teacher and a resent your saying women who have jobs leave their children with strangers. Most people who care for children are not strangers to those kids! The children come to love us and we come to love the children too. Yes, parents need to spend time with their children but, don't make it seem that childcare centers or babysitters are strangers. We sometimes know the children better then their parents!
It's not sarcasm, but flattery and acknowledgement of the fact that women are designed to be weaker in upper body strength than men. Compared to men, we are (generally) "frail", although that's a poor word. We are not equal in physical strength, but we are equally valuable and important. The film's purpose was both marketing and social engineering, the subtext designed to cater to the listener's ego. Keep in mind that the culture has completely changed, so that the modern ear can't hear it the way the people of that era did. They didn't hear sarcasm, only flattery, emphatic flattery.
For those that chuckle at the mention of "Modern" in denoting the women of 1941? All women are modern' women within their perspective generations... Same goes for 'contemporary'. It's when a society states that their generation is representative of the future is where we should have a problem. Like with AOC... WWG1WGA - MAGA!!
on a forum. some man is telling a housewife that because she does not have a paying job. and is being supported by her husband. that she is living on the charity of her husband..... even though the wife does the housework and child care.
thing is, I'm no feminazi. I am a feminist. I am also a housewife who used to work a outside job. even though I'm not a Christian. I do agree to the entire Proverbs Chapter 31. in it, the chapter praises a woman who not only has her own money. but how she makes it as well. as well as she is being a housewife.
A womans so called "place" is wherever she wants it to be! Weather it be fixing cars or being a house wife! There is no set place or specific guide lines that any particular woman should follow! It's that kind of closed minded thinking you have, that prevents anyone not just women from reaching there full potential as an individual, and us a whole people from moving acceptance into the future.
I have visited countless nursing homes. While there are exceptions, most women I see cannot even use the bathroom by themselves. As for women living longer- sure, they have less stress in their lives. They usually aren't blown up during war time. My dad will be 80 soon. My mother died in 1990. My dad has outlived her by 23 years. I do know this. If a woman has a heart attack she is much less likely to recover than a man. Longevity is not as much in the genes as they once thought.
A time when if the wife died, men had to immediately find a new wife because he had no clue how to cook, clean, do laundry or virtually anything for himself and his children so that makes who weak?
The wife supports the husband by cleaning, cooking, shopping, takes care of the children and husband and the husband works to support the wife financially. I can't believe I had to explain that.
For all you "modern " feminized women who scoff at this, let me tell you - I haven't found a "partner" for marriage. I meet so many nasty women now, who can't clean, wash, cook, discipline a child. And, think about this, if I wanted to marry someone that wants to just run off and have a job and leave the kids with strangers, i'd marry a man and adopt. Marriage is a partnership, and building a family is pure architecture. Stop listening to feminist who are leading you straight to divorce.
Women find the strength that we have inside us. Our bodies are built to withstand far more pain then men would ever dream of (period pain, childbirth etc etc) so yea, the strength comes from within!
I don't mean to tear down your girl power thing, I support feminism. But current research indicates women's amazing pain-bearing ability actually starts toward the end of the pregnancy, as their body releases natural painkillers. It's not a lifelong thing.
Devon Cook Do men go to work feeling pain everyday? Do men ever have to withstand the pain and irritations and complications that come with pregnancy? I'll venture a guess No. Pregnancy is not a cakewalk and neither is labour. Period cramps (which are extremely painful and difficult for a lot of women) are something we go through month after month for years. So we we do endure a lot of pain, thank you very much. Its not to do with feminism (though I am a feminist) its an actual fact. We deal with a lot as women.
I, Adaora I agree that you deal with a lot, evolution gave you the shitty end of the stick in a lot of regards. I do happen to go to work feeling pain every day (migraines), though not because I'm a man, so I understand constant, life-long pain. I was just pointing out that toward the end of a pregnancy, which is not a kind of hell I'd ever want to go through, women receive a massive dose of painkillers from their own bodies, thus giving them a bit of a buffer against that pain.
They were not trying to show men the work women did/do, they were trying to justify women being kept in those roles. Also, trying to show how men fulfilled their roles in helping and providing for women by creating gadgets that are "time and energy" saving. In every single aspect, the women is passively accepting of what the man or her job description offers. The invention of gadgets haven't given us free time, but reasons to work harder in order to afford what we are told that we need.
No, but they used to be called that because a woman's upper body strength is significantly less than a man's (usually). Weak was not a slam. It was deference, which means a manner through which respect and kindness came, like men doing all the heavy lifting. Weak, meant the gentler gender, and Fair, meant beautiful. It's old English, but it's all positive compliments.
TheChoson1 I agree that compared to a strong man, women are weak. However, some men really are weak. In addition, when I was in high school and through my twenties, when a young woman's testosterone is at its highest, being a runner and working out, lifting all the time, there was no young man in my world that could ever win at (trivial) arm wrestling. The boys would line up to test my strength. I was very strong, and through high school, college, and FedEx where I later worked, not one could beat me. As a sophomore in high school, I was able to bench-press my weight, and during my years at FedEx, I was able to lift 80# from the floor unassisted, repeatedly. I didn't look like a wrestler, but I was strong. But yes, women are the weaker gender.
the reason behind this was to show men that housework is not as 'easy' as many men tend to think it is. since they assume that since we have less strength than a man. that it is easy to do. it was to also show men that we women are strong in our own way. that it was time to stop thinking us as weak incompetent creatures that could not do a man's job in many ways.
Who takes one thing over at a time to a table. Pick up all you can and make less trips. My husband and son love taking one thing at a time when picking up.
I know right. Just look at the insane rates of depression and increase in psychiatric medication used by "professional homemakers" in teh 50s-60s. Yeah, it's so hard commuting that you may as well just give up your dreams and life goals.
Fashions change, often driven by practical concerns of the time: 70's-80's society was marked by increasing choice for women to be either a housewife or a career woman, or both. In the quest to be "the Perfect Woman" (successful, beautiful, career-focused, wife, mother), style changed drastically. Fewer frills meant more workplace respect. Trousers/slacks, power-shoulders, business suits for women; more broadly, minimalist, no-frills clothing became commonplace. See 90's for knock-on effects.
Oh my! I was married to this man.. He was awful. Dumped him when he found another "sweet little woman" yikes run for the hills ladies. Love the timelapse of the fast dinner.. gotta git it on da table Mabel.
Because it was the mind set of people of those days.Men did the "hard" "back breaking" labor and women did "simple" housework.The human body is perfectly capable of doing all these tasks as shown in the video.So, at the end of the day, gender shouldn't limit a person of doing what they want.
Of course I am telling the truth.If it wasn't honest I wouldn't have bothered posting in the first place.Yes, there are bad child care places but not as many as you think. The states have rules for quality child care and if you don't follow the rules you get shut down.I don't think I am one is a million because, I personally know some great childcare workers. Some child care centers are better then others. However, most people work with children because they like the job, it sure isn't the pay!
wait, you don't think i'm going to let you make comments like that without checking your erroneous facts. First of all, you do not need 2 incomes. The expenses of the wife having a job is demolished with one child. - day care - child care - 2nd car - wardrobe - baby sitter - school expenses - 2nd car insurance - 2nd car maintenance and gas All of these expenses disappear when you're a stay at home mom and unless the 2nd income makes more than $60k we've found stay at home to be cheaper
don't get me wrong, the sexism was crazy back then but it really was alot of work lol I can't imagine staying home doing all of that everyday, fuck that or maybe i'm just lazy..
notice my original, first comment, implies that I am looking for a woman that can bring something to the table. If I say, I don't need a woman that "only" brings "i have a job" to the table... well pretty much that's a man. Notice I didn't say, she can't work, I said she has to bring something feminine to the table. The feminist would have you to believe that saying a woman is nurturing, is somehow an put down. And, they move waaaaaay in the opposite direction to prove it's "wrong".
Although I don't write for a major newspaper, I blog myself, I do do research. I come across countless articles and forum posts of women who regret going to work full time. Either they regret missing out on their children's lives, who have now turned out ... bad / hateful, or they simply hate the job environment, like sexual harassment. A lot are returning to being a stay at home mom, or get a part- time job so they can be home after school. Honestly, I felt abandoned being home alone.
theyre not talking about weaker [he did say lets not call them weak ] a womens role in life is more important than what you may think it is . I was raised by my mother while my father worked 11 12 hrs a day to provide a DECENT place to live. that's life who is going to raise the kids? It is a hard job. ps shes a good driver!
seriously, controlling for advances in medicine women and men die earlier now than before. and they just found that married women have a longer lifespan than single women. I don't understand women who say they want a man to do the cooking and cleaning and then turn around and divorce that same man, claiming he "doesn't do it for me" yes marriage is a team effort, but someone has to be the coach and someone has to be the tennis player.
Am I the only one who finds this more demeaning to men than women? They just implied that men couldn't POSSIBLY do any one of those things she does? Her husband is just good for sitting around being her mannequin, and making her money. Meanwhile, she works hard all day long without problem, and he can't even make his own dinner. She made HIM do all the really heavy lifting, and boring jobs. Although as a female, I don't like the implication that things had to be modified before I could it.
Plenty of women want to stay home and do this but in this society you need two incomes. I'll keep listening to the feminist if it is all the same to you.
I found this actually pretty respectful of women. It went on and on about how hard workers they are, on par with men.
REspectful? Why must this type of work be compared to the work a man does? Shouldn't hold enough merit all on its on to be considered "real" work?
Lol, 14 years later just trying to challenge your mindset.
God bless our Great-Grandmothers, Grandmothers and Mothers because they worked damn hard! They kept family fed, homes clean and organized with the best of what they could provide. A lot of them didn't have the conveniences of a fridge, wringer-washer or a "modern" equipped home with electricity and running water back then either. With all the conveniences of today, we have no right to grumble about chores because we have it too easy and take things for granted.
Well said.
My mother was a terrible housekeeper-she me ME do all the housework. Thankfully, we had all modern appliances but this myth of the "little woman" keeping an excellent home is a myth for many people.
My mom learned to cook on a Franklin stove.
I wish that was all I had to do!
I was married with four boys by the age of 26. My husband has a very good job. Born in 1970 I was brought up "old school" as they say. I'm a stay at home mom, naturally. My husband works hard so I also work hard. My father called me "pioneer woman" when my boys were younger. We still have a 19 year old at home but I continue to carry on the traditions my grandmother instilled in me. To whom I'm very grateful. It was hard work but well worth it.
Rene Boober inspiring 😍
No one gives AF.
@@trewqpoiutl9774 Speak for yourself. Homemaking is the most honorable and selfless job a woman could have.
I envy you. I'm your age with nothing to show for it.
The beautiful thing is that shes doing it in a cute dress and in heels.
The housedress was realistic, but they didn't do their housework in heels. That's Hollywood fiction.
@@cacatr4495 my Mother, born 1914 did it in heels in the 50s und 60s I remember
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Several hours of cleaning? Mopping, vacuuming, dusting, laundry, hanging clothes on the clothesline outside, polishing the floor, scrubbing the bathrooms, sweaty, dirty, bending low, shaking out rugs, carrying heavy baskets of laundry around the house, up stairs and down, washing windows/mirrors, waxing furniture? doing serious manual labor for hours and hours in high heels?
Or do you mean simple dusting, washing dishes, putting a load of laundry in the washing machine, as in an hour of simple chores and then cooking dinner? Very few could handle all day of doing heavy labor in high heels, nor did they see the sense in having that level of discomfort. Many wore peddle-pushers and Keds for serious housework, and would cover their hair with a scarf to keep it clean during that heavy work.
My childhood field of reference was 3 households within the family. Only the grandparent born circa 1887 always wore a dress and low heels, even when doing heavy cleaning, low heels about 1.5 - 2 inches, never high heels. My parent was born in 1920, and Nana was born circa 1904.
Although by today's standards we recognize this as still being sexist, for the times, it was actually pretty progressive (compared to the standard of the day). It was all housework, but at least they were trying to make it known that the shit a woman did in her household (in heels; another part of the standard of the day) was hard work.
I did also find the informational bits about improvements to their technology at the time to be pretty interesting.
DogMechanic What do you mean? We all know this isn't sexist. We all know women prefer to work in the kitchen than a labor job and a man would rather do a job it's human nature.
In the reality of the time, they didn't actually wear heels at home, meaning they didn't do their housework in heels. Flats, yes, heels, no. Heels were for looking your best, for after the work was done. Hollywood has painted a false picture (as usual.)
No Cucks In Kekistan that really isn’t even close to true
@@cacatr4495 Right. Only June Cleaver vacuumed in heels. My mother wore slacks and flats around the house in the fifties and sixties.
@@anna-tr7no it is absolutely true, as a general rule. Very few women want to work as a machinist, a construction worker, a plumber, etc. They'd much rather be in some sort of care-taking or hospitality line of work. Which is why education, care homes, and the medical field in general are dominated by women.
"The sewing machine is really an amazing invention! Especially when you stop and think that a man invented it!"
This is a prelude to pave the way for women to be so strong, they can do it all, being a bread winner and housework. Fun!
I'm so glad my simple lady brain and body won't have to work so strenuously anymore
No one said "simple". Feminism claims women were regarded as stupid or simple. But it's not true. Only what was the small percentage of dishonorable men had wrong attitudes. Jerks always will! The far greater portion of men were honorable and very respectful to women and their intellects and insights. Be careful about believing social engineering. It's chock full of lies.
These were old corporate 'ethics' training videos contracted by GM to train its male employees so they understood that the work women performed isn't at all easy.
It gives plenty of examples of how they do work just as hard as men. The references to 'little woman', 'weaker sex' that you hear within the video are phrases most men used back in that day when referring to women.
“A hurry up picture.” That’s adorable 😅
Also, I don’t consider this sexist. I like it.
It's insulting enough how surprised the narrator sounds when he explains that even a woman is capable of shifting gears. She can park and back up too!? AMAZING!
Obviously this film is archaic and from a more gender-segregated time, but as far as I can tell it seems to be intending to dispel the notion that women are weak; maybe even celebrate their strength.
It's called a housedress, and in some countries at least, and for ladies of certain ages and classes, it was a norm right up until the 80's or so.
I don't see anything wrong with doing housework.
I love the cleaning in heals!!!! I'm lucky to have pants on when doing dishes!
Have to say I love the kitcken, the the refrigerator looks huge on the inside. If my Mama had been paid for all the work she did, raising 5 children, took care of live stock of the farm, did the finances, plus the house work not to mention all the small things that got overlooked. She could have retired a millionaire. Our father worked 14 days on 7 days off, offshore. Than ran a shrimp and a charter boat on his days off. So Mama did 98% of everything at home.
uh... you might just want to look around. You're in the minority view on that "what a feminist is" these days.
I have a novel idea, stop trying to tell women what they SHOULD be doing. If a woman wants to get married, let her be an adult and get married. If a woman wants to stay at home and raise her children, let her be an adult and do it.
Feminist cry for freedom, but try to force their views of "freedom" on all women. ALL.
"Jam Handy, reminds you to always store your preserves in a convenient location..."
Actually from my experience, many women from the older generations are entirely better at taking care of themselves in their last years than the men. It's mostly because of what they are doing in the above video, conditioned to run a household (the living vs. the money making part). It might balance out as newer generations age, but IMO it seems like older women are better at taking the decline better as well as living longer.
There were many women back then that did do "men's work/jobs" that just weren't acknowledged for it.
And this, my friends is why obesity was not a problem back then!
There's a whole lot more to it than that.
Yep
Those of us who stay home still do this much. Human physiology is more complicated than the basic Newtonian laws.
I can't help but detect the condescending sarcasm in his voice XD
What you're hearing is accentuated Flattery, for the purposes of selling appliances by fanning the ego. They used to flatter using emphatic tones. By their repeated disclaiming of feminine "weakness", it would prepare the road ahead for "feminism." Flattering the ego is a very powerful tool, both in social engineering and in product marketing. ~ Emphatic flattery can sound just like condescension to the modern ear. The culture has changed. It's good to keep that in mind.
America 2016: Morbid obesity--the unintended side effect of work-saving inventions.
I rather be a homemaker. At least you don 't have your boss watching over your back.
You don't have to commute to work. No more traffic headaches.
No one will be seated during the thrilling analysis of the sewing machine sequence!
I appreciate your comment, it gives me joy to know there are still people [men and women] that are still down to earth and not selfish, which is what being a wife OR husband is about.
I wish you and your family to be, great happiness.
Who knew that housework is such a workout?
If women's work was valued it wouldn't be so onerous. I used to lovingly iron my Dad's shirts. Because he appreciated it. One less thing for him to do. And it was my Dad who taught me about cooking, cleaning and sewing. Dad was the youngest in his family. When his mother got sick, he was the one who took care of the household chores while HIS Dad worked two shifts in the mine. My Dad kept the house going. He had first hand experience of how necessary "woman's work" was.
My mother went to work early. She was used to being outside the home. Absolutely DESPISED housework and childrearing. When she was unable to work for whatever reason she would get the housework done, but she turned loose the full bore acid of her unhappiness on me. I knew from a very early age just how much of a useless disgusting burden I was in her life. Strangely my brother was all that was perfect with the universe. Go figure.
Thank you for sharing about your life! I love hearing about people who broke gender roles back then. Did anyone think it was weird that your father knew all these things or did they shrug it off? I always wonder if gender roles were as bad back then as we make them out to be or if it depended on where you lived and what the adults of that generation experienced as a child that decided what was normal in their eyes. I feel like more people did in fact break gender roles if they came from a big family where all the kids had to pitch in and help out no matter what the task was.
+Misoneism2002 Gender roles up through the 70's were a thing of the middle-class and rich. In families with less money, everyone did what they had to, regardless if it was 'women's work' or 'man's work'.
Their was a very high price to pay for her freedom to work, and you paid it Sandra. I'm sure many daughters could say the same when their mothers were not allowed to find a creative outlet outside the home and forced to do housework. I hope you were able to turn this around with your own family?
Classic golden child/scapegoat sanario. A common tactic among narcissistic personalities
Sounds like you might have been her scapegoat. :(
"The iron may have to be lifted 20 or 30 times!"
My God! I can't possibly exert myself that much! Who do you think I am, Job?!
The fair and the weak, fantastic.
I do have an inexhaustible supply of pep and ginger.
Yes, women had more energy that ever before once they stopped wearing those whaleboned corsets that wouldn't let them breathe.
Most of the 1950s educational films here on TH-cam was just hardcore advertising back in the day. Electric this, electric that...60 years later and Americans don't have to do anything anymore, there is a machine for everything, thus the reason why obesity and bad health are such a problem.
Yes, it was all about selling, but electric-everything did more than make tasks easier, it imposed a whole new frequency upon the human frame, which has caused serious health problems, one of many is metabolism.
I am an adult now. The time for talking about my childhood with my mother is long past. Besides, she knows and ...
That is great. I highly encourage everyone to start a business.
Slippers for cleanliness, of course, but I was also concerned for her safety on that staircase ... If she wants to scrub the floor all day just so that she can wear shoes inside, fine, but I'm pretty sure most of those ladies had twisted ankles and bunions.
A man invented it. Lol
I agree wirh you. In Laos, my country, we go barefoot inside the house. It is customary to take your shoes off in Asian countries. That's how we maintain a clean home.
Great posting, thank you
2:09..it was then that Mom learned it didn't pay to mix Red Bull and crack..
“Walks miles a day” I bet the majority of them were not wearing heels from sun up to sun down
I agree with this short! This is exactly what I do every day to get breakfast, lunch and dinner done and yes, in heels! My husband wouldn't be able to hack it and we are frail, we're females. And as someone else said in a comment that's just how we're made. God created us in that way. I wouldn't change my lifestyle for anything and I don't know about you but I'm full of ginger and pep!
Krystle Snook And I love you.
Good for you, but all day in heels??
If you're so frail, why cripple yourself by wearing heels?
Now wait just a moment. I am a preschool/ day care teacher and a resent your saying women who have jobs leave their children with strangers. Most people who care for children are not strangers to those kids! The children come to love us and we come to love the children too. Yes, parents need to spend time with their children but, don't make it seem that childcare centers or babysitters are strangers. We sometimes know the children better then their parents!
I don't see anything here that I don't do today...
This frail creature HA
I love the sarcasim
It's not sarcasm, but flattery and acknowledgement of the fact that women are designed to be weaker in upper body strength than men. Compared to men, we are (generally) "frail", although that's a poor word. We are not equal in physical strength, but we are equally valuable and important. The film's purpose was both marketing and social engineering, the subtext designed to cater to the listener's ego. Keep in mind that the culture has completely changed, so that the modern ear can't hear it the way the people of that era did. They didn't hear sarcasm, only flattery, emphatic flattery.
I have always wondered if women really dressed that way at home in the 50's or if it is just what is depicted in tv, movies, etc.
At 4:00 a device shows the amount of pressure needed to hand sew. How about a device showing how bad her arthritis will be in 40 years. : /
Miles a day, from sink to icebox, from cupboard to stove....oh my.
AND she does it in heels.... Men should do everything in heels..... :D
Ahhhhhhhh,the good old days.
For those that chuckle at the mention of "Modern" in denoting the women of 1941? All women are modern' women within their perspective generations... Same goes for 'contemporary'. It's when a society states that their generation is representative of the future is where we should have a problem. Like with AOC... WWG1WGA - MAGA!!
Ha, is that what they think we're made of? Pep and ginger? Not all of us. Some are made of other things. Like evil
Asura II
Ssssshhhhhhh! Don't let them know!
on a forum. some man is telling a housewife that because she does not have a paying job. and is being supported by her husband. that she is living on the charity of her husband..... even though the wife does the housework and child care.
thing is, I'm no feminazi. I am a feminist. I am also a housewife who used to work a outside job. even though I'm not a Christian. I do agree to the entire Proverbs Chapter 31. in it, the chapter praises a woman who not only has her own money. but how she makes it as well. as well as she is being a housewife.
A womans so called "place" is wherever she wants it to be! Weather it be fixing cars or being a house wife! There is no set place or specific guide lines that any particular woman should follow! It's that kind of closed minded thinking you have, that prevents anyone not just women from reaching there full potential as an individual, and us a whole people from moving acceptance into the future.
I have visited countless nursing homes. While there are exceptions, most women I see cannot even use the bathroom by themselves. As for women living longer- sure, they have less stress in their lives. They usually aren't blown up during war time. My dad will be 80 soon. My mother died in 1990. My dad has outlived her by 23 years. I do know this. If a woman has a heart attack she is much less likely to recover than a man. Longevity is not as much in the genes as they once thought.
A time when if the wife died, men had to immediately find a new wife because he had no clue how to cook, clean, do laundry or virtually anything for himself and his children so that makes who weak?
Today Pep and Ginger has been replaced by Fat and Lazy, both genders!
This post is 15 years old! How old TH-cam is?
The wife supports the husband by cleaning, cooking, shopping, takes care of the children and husband and the husband works to support the wife financially. I can't believe I had to explain that.
For all you "modern " feminized women who scoff at this, let me tell you - I haven't found a "partner" for marriage. I meet so many nasty women now, who can't clean, wash, cook, discipline a child. And, think about this, if I wanted to marry someone that wants to just run off and have a job and leave the kids with strangers, i'd marry a man and adopt. Marriage is a partnership, and building a family is pure architecture. Stop listening to feminist who are leading you straight to divorce.
Flattening a towel or lifting a trowel... matter of fact I've got it now ...(cue the beer ad music)...a hard earned thirst...
i had no idea a sewing machine worked that way.
Very special photography indeed.
Women find the strength that we have inside us. Our bodies are built to withstand far more pain then men would ever dream of (period pain, childbirth etc etc) so yea, the strength comes from within!
I don't mean to tear down your girl power thing, I support feminism. But current research indicates women's amazing pain-bearing ability actually starts toward the end of the pregnancy, as their body releases natural painkillers. It's not a lifelong thing.
Devon Cook Do men go to work feeling pain everyday? Do men ever have to withstand the pain and irritations and complications that come with pregnancy? I'll venture a guess No. Pregnancy is not a cakewalk and neither is labour. Period cramps (which are extremely painful and difficult for a lot of women) are something we go through month after month for years. So we we do endure a lot of pain, thank you very much. Its not to do with feminism (though I am a feminist) its an actual fact. We deal with a lot as women.
I, Adaora I agree that you deal with a lot, evolution gave you the shitty end of the stick in a lot of regards. I do happen to go to work feeling pain every day (migraines), though not because I'm a man, so I understand constant, life-long pain. I was just pointing out that toward the end of a pregnancy, which is not a kind of hell I'd ever want to go through, women receive a massive dose of painkillers from their own bodies, thus giving them a bit of a buffer against that pain.
Devon Cook Alright then, fair points. I still am not looking forward to pushing a baby out....
I, Adaora Glad to know you're not a nutcase. I've seen humans give birth and I still have nightmares.
They were not trying to show men the work women did/do, they were trying to justify women being kept in those roles. Also, trying to show how men fulfilled their roles in helping and providing for women by creating gadgets that are "time and energy" saving. In every single aspect, the women is passively accepting of what the man or her job description offers.
The invention of gadgets haven't given us free time, but reasons to work harder in order to afford what we are told that we need.
"who said weaker sex"... 1:03 you did basted
***** 1:00 "lets the weaker sex"
Girls aren't weak
No, but they used to be called that because a woman's upper body strength is significantly less than a man's (usually). Weak was not a slam. It was deference, which means a manner through which respect and kindness came, like men doing all the heavy lifting. Weak, meant the gentler gender, and Fair, meant beautiful. It's old English, but it's all positive compliments.
yes they are, even the strongest women would have trouble wrestling with an average man.
TheChoson1 I agree that compared to a strong man, women are weak. However, some men really are weak. In addition, when I was in high school and through my twenties, when a young woman's testosterone is at its highest, being a runner and working out, lifting all the time, there was no young man in my world that could ever win at (trivial) arm wrestling. The boys would line up to test my strength. I was very strong, and through high school, college, and FedEx where I later worked, not one could beat me. As a sophomore in high school, I was able to bench-press my weight, and during my years at FedEx, I was able to lift 80# from the floor unassisted, repeatedly. I didn't look like a wrestler, but I was strong. But yes, women are the weaker gender.
+TheChoson1 I'd like to see that theory proven.
the reason behind this was to show men that housework is not as 'easy' as many men tend to think it is. since they assume that since we have less strength than a man. that it is easy to do.
it was to also show men that we women are strong in our own way. that it was time to stop thinking us as weak incompetent creatures that could not do a man's job in many ways.
Little women... Lol not anymore! Thanks Mc Donalds!
Because apparently little jobs are still an incredible feat for women, because even seemingly little jobs are a huge task when a female is concerned.
How does she do it?
Mother's Little helper... Speed!
Who takes one thing over at a time to a table. Pick up all you can and make less trips. My husband and son love taking one thing at a time when picking up.
I know right. Just look at the insane rates of depression and increase in psychiatric medication used by "professional homemakers" in teh 50s-60s. Yeah, it's so hard commuting that you may as well just give up your dreams and life goals.
Fashions change, often driven by practical concerns of the time: 70's-80's society was marked by increasing choice for women to be either a housewife or a career woman, or both. In the quest to be "the Perfect Woman" (successful, beautiful, career-focused, wife, mother), style changed drastically. Fewer frills meant more workplace respect. Trousers/slacks, power-shoulders, business suits for women; more broadly, minimalist, no-frills clothing became commonplace. See 90's for knock-on effects.
Oh my! I was married to this man.. He was awful. Dumped him when he found another "sweet little woman" yikes run for the hills ladies. Love the timelapse of the fast dinner.. gotta git it on da table Mabel.
Amazing...
Because it was the mind set of people of those days.Men did the "hard" "back breaking" labor and women did "simple" housework.The human body is perfectly capable of doing all these tasks as shown in the video.So, at the end of the day, gender shouldn't limit a person of doing what they want.
This voiceover could be Phil Tonken, but I am unsure of this.
This is a feminism lesson right there
Of course I am telling the truth.If it wasn't honest I wouldn't have bothered posting in the first place.Yes, there are bad child care places but not as many as you think. The states have rules for quality child care and if you don't follow the rules you get shut down.I don't think I am one is a million because, I personally know some great childcare workers. Some child care centers are better then others. However, most people work with children because they like the job, it sure isn't the pay!
This isn't even really about women or men, it's about machines.
wait, you don't think i'm going to let you make comments like that without checking your erroneous facts. First of all, you do not need 2 incomes. The expenses of the wife having a job is demolished with one child.
- day care
- child care
- 2nd car
- wardrobe
- baby sitter
- school expenses
- 2nd car insurance
- 2nd car maintenance and gas
All of these expenses disappear when you're a stay at home mom and unless the 2nd income makes more than $60k we've found stay at home to be cheaper
They try to give credit to and help women but just wound up with comedy. atleast they tried...........
It wasn't viewed as comedy at the time, but serious, with emphatic flattery given.
I’ve never heard of an ergometer until today. Oh well, I’m just a little woman
"This hurry up picture!"
don't get me wrong, the sexism was crazy back then but it really was alot of work lol I can't imagine staying home doing all of that everyday, fuck that or maybe i'm just lazy..
Sutter Burns Women still do that today.
and women back then didn't have foul mouths either.
notice my original, first comment, implies that I am looking for a woman that can bring something to the table. If I say, I don't need a woman that "only" brings "i have a job" to the table... well pretty much that's a man. Notice I didn't say, she can't work, I said she has to bring something feminine to the table. The feminist would have you to believe that saying a woman is nurturing, is somehow an put down. And, they move waaaaaay in the opposite direction to prove it's "wrong".
Very silly ending! But Women are using machines on their face now
Although I don't write for a major newspaper, I blog myself, I do do research. I come across countless articles and forum posts of women who regret going to work full time. Either they regret missing out on their children's lives, who have now turned out ... bad / hateful, or they simply hate the job environment, like sexual harassment.
A lot are returning to being a stay at home mom, or get a part- time job so they can be home after school. Honestly, I felt abandoned being home alone.
theyre not talking about weaker [he did say lets not call them weak ] a womens role in life is more important than what you may think it is . I was raised by my mother while my father worked 11 12 hrs a day to provide a DECENT place to live. that's life who is going to raise the kids? It is a hard job. ps shes a good driver!
seriously, controlling for advances in medicine women and men die earlier now than before. and they just found that married women have a longer lifespan than single women.
I don't understand women who say they want a man to do the cooking and cleaning and then turn around and divorce that same man, claiming he "doesn't do it for me"
yes marriage is a team effort, but someone has to be the coach and someone has to be the tennis player.
Their math is a little faulty. If she really lifts 12 tons in 50 trips a day, then she must weigh 480 pounds!
The ending was cute!
no kidding! behind closed doors, i support it ;)
Ok, before you complain about how sexist this is, just remember that you clicked on a video called "easy does it ladies"...think about it :)
what does that have to do with what I said? I am comparing women to women, not women to men. and leave the ad hominem at home.
I like the buzzer at the end at 8:48
Am I the only one who finds this more demeaning to men than women? They just implied that men couldn't POSSIBLY do any one of those things she does? Her husband is just good for sitting around being her mannequin, and making her money. Meanwhile, she works hard all day long without problem, and he can't even make his own dinner. She made HIM do all the really heavy lifting, and boring jobs.
Although as a female, I don't like the implication that things had to be modified before I could it.
Plenty of women want to stay home and do this but in this society you need two incomes. I'll keep listening to the feminist if it is all the same to you.
Just think, 4:24 in 2022, a man dressed that way would be considered normal.