Not much does change over time. It is true that the lot of abandoned mothers has improved. I wonder how much upheaval was really caused by factors left out of the equation. It's true men mostly worked and there is this concept called unemployment and a living wage. Just because people are willing to work did not necessarily mean there were jobs available. I imagine that with the major uprooting that settling the West, major World Wars, and major upheaval in the market place (before the rules set after the crash of 1929) caused wreaked all kinds of havoc in the home. Since in the West, the family has been denigrated to only being nuclear in size, there is/was not much further to go to completely break down the family structure.
Both very solid arguments.
Not much does change over time. It is true that the lot of abandoned mothers has improved. I wonder how much upheaval was really caused by factors left out of the equation. It's true men mostly worked and there is this concept called unemployment and a living wage. Just because people are willing to work did not necessarily mean there were jobs available. I imagine that with the major uprooting that settling the West, major World Wars, and major upheaval in the market place (before the rules set after the crash of 1929) caused wreaked all kinds of havoc in the home. Since in the West, the family has been denigrated to only being nuclear in size, there is/was not much further to go to completely break down the family structure.
Remember, politics begins in the household.