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Julie Bove[_2_]

"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 20:43:19 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>> > Ed Pawlowski wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >
>> >> On 6/14/2016 10:32 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > > I don't know why people/morons seem to assume that older women
>> >> > > never worked outside the home, Hell a lot of us worked outside
>> >> > > the home as well as doing most of the work at home after work.
>> At >> > > least these days the husbands, boyfriends etc., are helping
>> out a >> > > whole lot as a rule with the house and kids.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Cheri
>> >> >
>> >> > True on the younger ones helping more but plenty of the older
>> >> > generation men did too. They were however raised where the
>> mother >> > didnt generally work outside the home and it probably
>> seemed sane to >> > them to not think too much about how the floors
>> got mopped and such.
>> >
>> >> Of eligible women participating in the workforce, in 1950 it was
>> >> about 27% while today it is almost 60%
>> >
>> > I'm suprised it is that low. It seems more like 80% now.
>> >
>> >> Stay at home moms was quite common when I was a kid, not so much
>> now. >> Lots of things have changed, but back then one person could
>> make >> enough money in a good job to support a family, buy a modest
>> house, >> one car. I'm not sure we progressed when we warehouse kids
>> in day >> care.
>> >
>> > We didn't really. Don and I decided one of us needed to be home
>> > when Charlotte was born and since I was active duty and he had just
>> > 'retired' and my income potential was higher, he stayed home. It was
>> > tough because the stay-at-home women felt threatened somehow to see
>> > a man do it with a small child while the wife went to work.
>>
>> I think you have a high powered imagination - why on earth would they
>> feel threatened? More likely your husband felt threatened.
>
> No, it was there, prejudice clear and simple and women who could not
> hndle a man as a stay at home parent.
>
> He'd do the laundry in the complex and there were several who'd get
> upset that he was washing my under things and Charlotte's baby clothes
> and *loudly 'whisper'* that he was some sort of pervert. Charlotte was
> in a stroller at his side as they did the laundry. Reverse it, lady
> doing her husband's underthings. All normal and no comments. They
> could handle a guy doing his own laundry but got snarky if it was
> during the week. They could not handle a guy during the week doing all
> the families stuff while watching a toddler.
>
> I went down and confronted them once but it didnt get better until
> several other guys picked a time and showed up enmass for laundry at
> the same time.
>
> You can pretend what you wish, but 2 decades ago, a man washing his
> wife and kids laundry in a public complex, could be in for a less than
> pleasing environment. If you are unaware of that, then you simply
> didnt live on that side of life.
>

What a bunch of hooey. My dad used to take our laundry to the coin op when
we were camping or on vacation. No problems.