Feminist Critque of the 1950s
Words: 1177 Pages: 4 4963What does it mean to be a woman in the 1950s? In the 1950s, the sociological term “nuclear family” was coined for its emphasis on the “perfect family” with strict values and traditional gender roles. In a nuclear household, there is a breadwinner husband, a picture-perfect housewife, and two children. The ideology of a nuclear family pressured many women in the 1950s to be domestic housewives with goals such as pleasing their husbands and tending to their children. Despite history’s […]
