Blog post 1 (semester 2)- socratic discussion plan

Family structure in the 1950s

Source 1- Washington post thing

• Traditional Male-breadwinner-female-homemaker structure
• 1950s 65% of all children 15 and under were being raised in this ‘traditional’ homes
• today, only 22% are
• Betty Friedan in the 1950s

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2014/09/04/for-the-first-time-since-the-1950s-there-is-no-typical-u-s-family/

Source 2- family in america website

• all about “marriage and children”
• CONFORMITY
• Jacques Barzun’s comment of “An age of Troubles” is one that “fits every age in varying degrees”
• Suburbs
• Men working separated them from really ever being with their families
• Those who got married and remained married are significantly more wealthy than those who never did or got divorced
• “Marriage per se makes men more productive”

http://familyinamerica.org/journals/summer-2012/two-and-half-cheers-1950s-rediscovering-virtues-maligned-decade/#.VK_zxtLF-Sp

Source 3- global post source

• “nuclear family”
• 5.5% medical students were women, today its roughly half
• women usually gave up their jobs when they got married
• married at 22 and 20, now 26 and 25
• 16% of families didn’t have indoor plumbing

http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/1950s-family-dynamics-43976.html