1943 guide to hiring women:

Yeah, yeah...you're the man here.
But its proven numerous times that women are more mature and equally capable as men...But lets not go there.

 

those studies are sexist, so they are invalid

 

Again..If you say so...

 

Women back then werent' as vulgar as women today. Many women WERE offended by that language.

The heavy set people are more pleasant thing? I've heard that my whole life about both genders.

 

they're jolly

 

Meh. I'll fix that.

 

You can't.

 

women still have it tough

 

I'd fuckin stand and clap if anybody could hear it. Well said.

That's my main point. Not that women shouldn't work or whatever. Just that raising children should be as much a priority of a family as putting the food on the table, and to me is a far more important respectable job than any shmuch at a desk can say he has. Including myself(currently a shmuch at a desk WHILE typing this)

 

my life's pretty fuckin good. i'm not complaining.

 

OK I am going to be blasted here...but I don't see anthing wrong with it considering the time. Of course employers do not want to hire pregnant women. Also, in 1943 I am guessing very few women were used to working 8 hours straight. i am not doubting that being a stay-at-home mom is a difficult job, but it is still a job where you get to somewhat make your own schedule, decide when you eat, socialize with other moms etc.
IMO it is also impossible to be the best mother you can be while you are working full-time. Perhaps this guide not only wanted to protect the productivity of buisness, but also family values?

 

I agree. I also agree mostly with the 1950's housewife guide.
What man wants to work all day and come home to a wife who is haggard looking and kids who have dirt all over there face and a bucket of cold KFC? Of course if you have a new baby or a lot of very young kids who are not in school yet this is a different storY. SOme of that article was very excessive and demeaning and should only apply to husbands who are good husbands and give equal attention to their wives. But, if women want more attention from thier husbands when they come home...make sure you look good, especially if you stay home most of the day. Men are very visually drawn.

 

Why do you see raising good human beings a lack of accomplishment? If you have kids and choose to bring them into the world they deserve to be your first priority.

This is coming from teh daughter of an engineer who was dropped off at daycare at 6am and picked up by her grandparents at 6pm...I remember praying at church to be picked up early one day and brought home to the smell of cookies..
I had a good mom. I am very lucky, but I will make sure I am not a single mom, not too career driven and make some damn cookies!

 

I felt the same way when I was 18. Now, after traveling the country to train non-profits, finishing college, managing mass amounts of people and having published articles I can tell you my career life means shit to me now. In fact I put in my notice at my full-time job supervising over 100 people last month and now work as a counselor for 13 bucks an hour. I can't wait to have kids and stay home. When our lease is up this September I won't have to work anymore if I do not want to and am looking foward to being a stay-at-home mom and house wife. I am also so appreciative that I have a fiance who is financialy stable enough to provide me with a nice home, safe SUV, wonderful pets, organic food, great things and most importantly love. Right now nothing is more important to me than getting married and having a family.

And since he had to sacrifice his short dirve to work for a longer one, his finances by buying me a beautiful engagement ring and the carpet and his sleep by letting me get crazy pets the least I can do is make dinner or cookies for his work on the days I am not working...

 

obviously, i'm a SAHM. it's psychological torture and not something to be entered into lightly. hell, my SIL worked full time with her first daughter, and now she's home with her second, with the first in school. she can hardly handle the pressure of being a SAHM. i feel a disgusting pleasure in watching her falter, because she would always say "just do this, just do that." what the fuck ever. now she's freaking the fuck out. oh no, it's not easy. not physically difficult, MENTALLY awful, though, to women used to being more free.

 

pff, i havent got the temperament to be a stay at home mom. aint got the patience, dont liek kids enough (im sure id like any i had, but still), i get stressed out easy, etc. my guy however has picked a career that would let him work from home (potentially, being comp sci n all) and he things itd be great if he could do that on a sort apart-time basis whiel taking care of rugrats. his choice. he makes a way better wife than i do tbh. i love cooking more than he does, but hes better and cleaning, organizing, and maintaingin the house. im so fucking lucky. and he has delicious long hair :drool:

honestly i dont have a big problem with the guide save for a few obvious things (husky women? pff). dont swear at you employees, give them breaks to destress, job rotation etc are, well, all pretty approrpiate things for todays workforce still (if you can work it in at least)

 

That was funny in a sick sort of way. Amazing how times change.

 

women are to be respected, loved and cherished.

 

Well, I doubt my opinion will change much in the future.
All the things you said - like your fiance providing you with a nice home and a safe SUV - I dont want those things. Family and home are not on the top of my list of priorities. And I certainly dont want them to be. In fact, I cant wait till I graduate from Uni so I can start work and do the job I want to do. I dont care if its stressful or underpaid.

 

Yes, they are !
Especially the respected part.