Analysis Of What We Really Miss About The 1950s

The 1950s was a time where people wish they could go back to. In the 1920s the Great Depression happened, in the 1930s there was an increase in domestic violence, and in the 1940s World War II came about. In Stephanie Coontz’s article What We Really Miss About the 1950s, she goes into detail how the 1950s were in social values and in the economy. In Gary Soto’s story Looking for Work, as a Mexican-American child he would go out and find work and he wanted his family to be like those he saw in television. People were ecstatic for the 1950s from having the ideal family to having a great economy. There are some people who wish to go back to the 1950s for the social values. Those who wish to have a perfect family. During the 1950s people believed it was more “family friendly.” “The nuclear family was where people could try to satisfy their long-pent up desires for a more stable marriage, a decent home, and the chance to really enjoy their children.” It was a time where marriages …show more content…
I can see my mom doing the housework, while my dad and brother are out working. During that time since I’m a girl, I would be helping my mom with the housework. Just like the Sotos, at the end of the day I can see my family having dinner together. My family and I eating together and knowing everything will be okay. As long as we have food, clothes, and a place to call home. I definitely wouldn’t want to live in the 1950s. During that time women were expected to stay home and be a good wife. Like in Father Knows Best, the daughter Betty Anderson was judged for choosing engineering as a career. Betty’s mother wanted her to wear a pretty dress she had bought for her because it’s what girls do. I wouldn’t want to have a life like Betty. I want to choose the career I want despite my gender, and I don’t need to wear pretty dresses just because I’m a girl. I don’t need to be told to find myself a husband and be a good