The "Greatest Generation" certainly had its strengths...but unfortunately, gender equality was just not one of them. It's not a dig on the times, it's just how it was. I'm sure in 70 years, people may look back and won't believe dogs didn't have the right to vote.

Things change. And it's a good thing.

Check out some of the most amazingly annoying "rules" set up by many books from the 1950s on how to keep your man happy. SO glad (most of) these are completely obsolete...

  1. Don't talk. Unless it's to flatter him.
  2. Be a good cook, or your man will hit up "saloons".
  3. Don't crave sex.
  4. Wear pink, ruffled undies.
  5. Let him cheat. Then don't talk about it. Pretend it didn't happen.
  6. Remember who's boss.

These rules are laid out in much more "colorful" terms on MentalFloss.com...

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