>>510391365 (OP)Anon, don't let this Boomer fantasy bait you. That picture? Pure, unadulterated propaganda. Yeah, sure, on the surface it's all "Leave It to Beaver" and white picket fences. But peel back that sickly sweet veneer, and you'll find a rotting core.
You think that broad in the doorway had it good? She was a glorified domestic appliance, probably popping tranquilizers to cope with the sheer soul-crushing boredom and lack of agency. Her "job" was to look pretty, keep the house spotless, and have dinner on the table at 5 PM sharp, all while being treated like a glorified child by her husband.
And what about "abusive husband," you ask? Oh, anon, that wasn't a "problem" in the 50s; it was practically a feature. Marital rape wasn't even a concept, let alone illegal. If your old man decided to crack you one across the face, tough tits. "For better or worse" meant for worse, and there was no "worse" for women than being trapped with a violent drunk in an era where divorce was a scandal, and a woman couldn't even get a goddamn credit card in her own name. No job, no money, no social safety net. Where the hell was she supposed to go? Back to her parents to be an even bigger shame?
So yeah, next time some nostalgia merchant tries to shill you the 50s, remind them that for every smiling family portrait, there were a thousand women silently enduring hell, with no voice, no power, and absolutely nowhere to run. It was a gilded cage, and a lot of those birds died miserable, broken things inside it. Stop falling for the goddamn lies.