Dara Torres-Amazing

Yes, would be ideal!! Don't you folks wish we could all go back and live in the 1950s when women were put up on pedestals vis a vis songs like "Earth Angel" and "The Way You Look Tonight;" when models were normal-sized and former competitive swimmers like Esther Williams were in Hollywood films; when it was enough for a family to have a 2000 square foot house; and when women who were just wives and mothers were held in-high esteem? We've come a long way. Now we are called _hores in songs, models are unheathly thin with fake boobs, cars cost more than a house did in the 50s, and women who are just wives and mothers are viewed as women who have "morphed" into having no life of their own and put pounds on as the years go by. Wow! Are we going backwards or forwards? Yikes. Where do I start? This romantic notion of the 50's is not as true as some like to believe. I don't believe there's a woman on this board that would like to live like women did in the 50's if that meant (and it surely would) that we wouldn't have the time or support from society or our families to be athletic. There would be no college scholarships for women for any sports. In fact, many women wouldn't go to college. And, if they did, they would mostly be majoring in education and secretarial work. Men would, for the most part, assume they are smarter. And society would agree. Many women would be forced to marry for economic reasons. They would be forced to stay in marriages that are less than satisfying for those same economic reasons. And these are just a couple of things I can come up with off the top of my head. I think we have definitely moved forward in society. Women are FAR better off today than they were in the 50's (fake boobs, anorexia and all).

Yes, would be ideal!! Don't you folks wish we could all go back and live in the 1950s when women were put up on pedestals vis a vis songs like "Earth Angel" and "The Way You Look Tonight;" when models were normal-sized and former competitive swimmers like Esther Williams were in Hollywood films; when it was enough for a family to have a 2000 square foot house; and when women who were just wives and mothers were held in-high esteem? We've come a long way. Now we are called _hores in songs, models are unheathly thin with fake boobs, cars cost more than a house did in the 50s, and women who are just wives and mothers are viewed as women who have "morphed" into having no life of their own and put pounds on as the years go by. Wow! Are we going backwards or forwards? Yikes. Where do I start? This romantic notion of the 50's is not as true as some like to believe. I don't believe there's a woman on this board that would like to live like women did in the 50's if that meant (and it surely would) that we wouldn't have the time or support from society or our families to be athletic. There would be no college scholarships for women for any sports. In fact, many women wouldn't go to college. And, if they did, they would mostly be majoring in education and secretarial work. Men would, for the most part, assume they are smarter. And society would agree. Many women would be forced to marry for economic reasons. They would be forced to stay in marriages that are less than satisfying for those same economic reasons. And these are just a couple of things I can come up with off the top of my head. I think we have definitely moved forward in society. Women are FAR better off today than they were in the 50's (fake boobs, anorexia and all).