HIST 1025 Lecture 16: 10/26/17
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Average age at marriage decreases: 20/women, 22. 5/men. Rate of marriage increases: 65% of generation married by early-30s. Neither i(cid:374)e(cid:448)ita(cid:271)le (cid:374)or a si(cid:373)ple (cid:862)retur(cid:374) to (cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) Changes in gender roles, work and family life. Parents of the baby boom - surge in family life, affirmation of domesticity, distinct gender roles. Seems like the last gasp of traditional family roles before the 1960s changed it all. 1950s formula had precedents but combination was new. Era of cultural tensions: gender, economy, race. Anxiety-driven desire to maintain unified front + fear of spies and subversion. (cid:862)are you (cid:374)o(cid:449) or ha(cid:448)e you e(cid:448)er (cid:271)ee(cid:374) a part of the co(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ist party? (cid:863) Loyalty not just to america but to its interpretation of the world: A zero-sum game at home, american or un-american. Economic protection during sickness, accident, old age or unemployment. Which one of these do you think would be or has been the hardest to achieve access for.
