SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Theocracy
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Millions of men enlisted (or were drafted) into the military service, and this left. U. s. factories literally unmanned just when they were gearing up to provide the goods that the country needed to wage war. When men returned to civilian life after the war, women were forced to leave the well-paying factory jobs. But the wartime experience proved that women could work outside of the home and that society would not collapse as a result. So, in the 1950s women began to respond to the needs of an expanding economy for more workers by taking jobs. Today the evidence suggests that most married couples find it nearly impossible to survive financially unless both wife and husband work outside of the home. Indeed today, fewer than one quarter of families in the united states follow the model of the male being the only earner.
