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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:15 AM Oct 2012

Romney's Code Talk -- Women Should Have Careers In The Home ---

Two parent families are what is needed. Women should find a man to take care of them and have babies and do the wash. If they do work it should be low paying part time jobs. And the husband should determine when they get pregnant.

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Romney's Code Talk -- Women Should Have Careers In The Home --- (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Oct 2012 OP

The 1950s were awesome! Dem2TheCore Oct 2012 #1

People who say this didn't live then. Plenty of mothers held outside jobs in the 1950's. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #2

When my kids were little I would have loved to have been a stay at home mom cherish44 Oct 2012 #3

Back in the 60's when I was being raised marlakay Oct 2012 #4

I still say the real code/subtext is: POLYGAMY, just Mormonly normal for each man UTUSN Oct 2012 #5

grrrrr... AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #6

That'll never fly with his corporate buddies PD Turk Oct 2012 #7

Dem2TheCore

(220 posts)

1. The 1950s were awesome!

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:59 AM

Oct 2012

Lets try it again.

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

2. People who say this didn't live then. Plenty of mothers held outside jobs in the 1950's.

Reply to Dem2TheCore (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:01 AM

Oct 2012

Mine, for example.

cherish44

(2,566 posts)

3. When my kids were little I would have loved to have been a stay at home mom

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:21 AM

Oct 2012

but there were bills to be paid, and those darn things like groceries and doctors appointments made it necessary for me to add to my family's income by working. And NO, we couldn't just scale back so I could say home with the kids. There was nothing to scale back on. Our kids did not have fancy video game systems, we did not have cable tv, cell phones or internet. No fancy mini van for us- a 10 year old Dodge Aries was our "ride". Our family vacation was a trip to a zoo or an amusement park once a year, home the same day. And the kids turned out just fine. Proud to say my daughter (a junior in high school this year) has a 3.8 GPA was just accepted into National Honor Society!

marlakay

(11,468 posts)

4. Back in the 60's when I was being raised

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:30 AM

Oct 2012

My dad paid $50 a month for mortgage on our 4 bedroom house in napa (before any tourists came) we could buy 4 bags of groceries including meats for $20 and he paid nothing for kaiser that went with his job including the home visits if you were real sick and gas was 25 cents a gallon.

I am sure many parents would like to spend more time at home like my mom did, but can't afford to do so. For someone with money to act like its a choice when for many it is not is crazy!