Actually, in great destructive crises is precisely where those ideals tend to fall apart.
And whether your idealized version of the Fifties nuclear family or the antebellum South's idealized version of "chivalry," it only ever applied to very particular sorts of women. You got the benefits only so long as you belonged to the right class and scrupulously played the part assigned to you.
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Date: 2012-11-16 10:11 pm (UTC)And whether your idealized version of the Fifties nuclear family or the antebellum South's idealized version of "chivalry," it only ever applied to very particular sorts of women. You got the benefits only so long as you belonged to the right class and scrupulously played the part assigned to you.