This isn't what the 50's was really like.

I often worry that people think this show (and Donna Reed, Andy Griffith, Father Knows Best) present a factual account of 50's life. While the show and TV at the time was "wholesome" 50's reality was harshly different. Teen pregnancy was just as common except girls were sent off to convents or unwed mothers' homes where they were forced to endure painful childbirths and their babies were taken away without them even getting a chance to see them. Women were trapped in abusive marriages because divorce was illegal in many states. Segregation and racism was the accepted norm. I get really sick and tired of people longing for "the good old days." They never existed. We should never want to return to an era where one race or gender is allowed social dominance. The only part about the 50's that we should "yearn for" is the ability to support a family on a single income. But, even back then, 60% of households had two working parents.

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