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"Old-fashioned movies and shows may give us a hint of the 50s culture, but there is another element that can be explored: magazines. Or to be more precise, a magazine article from 1958 teaching women how to snag a husband.
“In the United States today there are sixteen million women over the age of seventeen who are not married,” the article begins. “Presumably the vast majority of them would like to be.”
The article was created by 16 authors who were instructed by the publisher to brainstorm ways lonely women could get the attention of men. The group included a marriage consultant, a song-writer, an airline stewardess, a police commissioner, a banker, a housewife, a bachelor, and a psychologist. They were told to “throw away their judgements” while writing, which might explain their more questionable suggestions.
Some of the items sound simple enough and might work today. Others are… well… You’ll read them yourself. Perhaps some of the outlandish suggestions have some ‘man-catching’ magic to them. Or they might land you in jail. Not that we suggest you try them. But if you do, please take videos! Prepare for your eyes to roll".
70 years from now, in 2090, people are going to feel disgusted by some of the things we do too, like taking after our husband's last name, cheerleaders at NFL, hooters, stay at home wives who don't have any fianancial security, women automatically doing husband's laundry after moving in with her husband etc