Have you ever thought of how the family has changed ; for example. The men or husbands would go to work, while the wife stayed at home with the children and cooking. Then - what...the women were either FORCED to earn $$$ because of the economy and wanting more than their parents OR just needed something else besides diapers and recipes?? Thus, husbands maybe let up on THEIR duties, and the wives would need to get involved with refinishing furniture, building a fence, or whatever most of us do today. As women became more ambitious, men became more.......less involved in the things that use to be "men's work". How many women were heads of companies back then compared to today? So who has it better? I don't know the answer to that.