Essay On 1950's Technology

Technology has greatly advanced since the 1950’s because now we can fall in love, online, and also learn how to fly an airplane, online, and or even buy yourself new family on amazon. It almost seems as if there is no need for anyone to have a family to come home to anymore when that home has a computer, flat screen TV, and a game system there waiting for someone to make use of it. The most important aspect of the 1950’s family was to spend time with one another. Back then dinner was served and eaten in the same room, and not in front of the television. The only time families seem to eat in the same room anymore is on important holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas or sometimes when the cable is out. Because of all the new technology that has came out and continues to upgrade the family dynamics have drastically downgraded. And the meaning of the word family is not put into action anymore. …show more content…
Many wives and mothers had to sacrifice a lot more than the mothers in today’s society. Back then once you got married that was it, “until death do us part” there was no backing out of it. Even if they were ever unhappy with the marriage they had to stick it through it all because no one women wanted to be the reason their family split. The rights that a woman had back then were very limited, now womans have practically the same rights as a man does, so that as a reason why women today are much more independent. A woman of today would not tolerate an unhappy marriage because they now know their worth and most are not afraid to themselves file for divorce. A good reason why the divorce rate has almost more than doubled since the