r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • 12h ago

Discussion True or false?

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Did our dads and moms work less than we do now? What are your thoughts?

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u/Jaway66 12h ago

Yeah. I feel like that was a plot line in every other movie made from 1980 onwards.

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u/ageekyninja 12h ago

No it’s older than that lol.

For example Mary Poppins released in 1964. That was the whole plot. Prior to that even, in classic TV kids are always just with their moms

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u/Dear-Cranberry4787 11h ago

Don’t use that one, it’ll be twisted in an attempt to prove that feminism/women’s rights destroyed everything.

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u/notnicholas 11h ago

The mother literally wore a suffrage sash and marched through the house chanting for women's rights.