Mystique Homemakers: Farm Boy and Ticky-Tacky Cookie-Cutter

mystique homemakers: Everyone wanted to succeed, and the way to succeed was to fit in -- that is, to conform, according to Rabble. Of course, some of us never could. Economically, the pendulum has swung to the other extreme from the conformity of the 1950s and early 60s.I grew up in the age of ticky-tacky cookie-cutter suburban homes, Corporation Man breadwinners -- employed at one firm for life -- and Feminine Mystique homemakers. Conformity offered comfort and security for those who succeeded, especially for returning soldiers. Utopia meant a chicken in every pot, and a new car in every garage. Social planners focussed on the farm boy who earned his BA and middle management job on a GI Bill scholarship, his reward for surviving the killing fields of World War II. His home was his pride and joy, perpetually stocked with all the latest appliances, thanks to his educated and dedicated homemaking wife, who handled the machines and did all the childcare, food preparation, and other daily household work. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.