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Certainly wasn't better in Ireland. Doubt it was better in most parts of the world, the US might be an exception but I don't really know.
I think it matters here maybe even more I don't know because you all get more from the government I think then USA women do...here there is a huge stigma for things that are assistance..like free day care, welfare or medicaid.
70 grand for a family of 4 or 5 is not a lot of money...its good money if it was double $140 for a family of 4 or 5 is very comfortable and kids probably won't have to take college loans etc.
It's a huge difference in the kind of life you will have in USA, where you will live, and your children future life and their opportunities.
sorry just noticed what you wrote---I think for men it was better in 1950s in a sense of more guaranteed to have girlfriends or wives...less pressure on being equal in partnership.
But i think these were different kinds of men generally speaking then todays men..
My Grandfather for example would shoot himself in the head as opposed to coming on a forum and venting about his 'feelings'. This would be the most bizarre thing in world to him, young men needing a support group over something like hair loss...thats just the truth and I am sure you all have grandparents (although I am older than you guys my GF was WW2 generation) this was not done.
So to compare the generations is a little hard to do because people were just different then.
but the truth is if women were truly happy--you would not have had the womans movement.
Women grinned and bared a lot...so did the men to be honest.
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