pretty enough to attract the right attention, you ended up being the proverbial wallflower. In many ways, men could pick and choose because, should they not fancy someone in particular to date, she was likely to be 'left on Society favoured men because it was, and still is to a commercial extent, a man's world where everyone knew his/her place. The majority of women stayed home, they did not work outside, they had to be looked after financially by their partners and the roles were clearly defined. Man was the boss, the head, the lynchpin of the home, the protector and master of all he surveyed. He went to work and brought home the bacon, while woman simply cooked the bacon for all to eat. Nothing could be simpler and more precise. Woman played a supporting role, no matter how much she was mistress of the home itself. A man was eligible if he had a home, job, money, and all the material things he could provide a family. If he lacked them, then he had to at least demonstrate the 'potential' to get them.

Men did the proposing and, even at the disco, men decided their dancing partners. If you were not pretty enough to attract the right attention, you ended up being the proverbial wallflower. In many ways, men could pick and choose because, should they not fancy someone in particular to date, she was likely to be 'left on t

by their partners and the roles were clearly defined. Man was the boss, the head, the lynchpin of the home, the protector and master of all he surveyed. He went to work and brought home the bacon, while woman simply cooked the bacon for all to eat. Nothing could be simpler and more precise. Woman played a supporting role, no matter how much she was mistress of the home itself. A man was eligible if he had a home, job, money, and all the material things he could provide a family. If he lacked them, then he had to at least demonstrate the 'potential' to get them.

Men did the proposing and, even at the disco, men decided their dancing partners. If you were not pretty enough to attract the right attention, you ended up being the proverbial wallflower. In many ways, men could pick and choose because, should they not fancy someone in particular to date, she was likely to be 'left on

the bacon for all to eat. Nothing could be simpler and more precise. Woman played a supporting role, no matter how much she was mistress of the home itself. A man was eligible if he had a home, job, money, and all the material things he could provide a family. If he lacked them, then he had to at least demonstrate the 'potential' to get them.

Men did the proposing and, even at the disco, men decided their dancing partners. If you were not pretty enough to attract the right attention, you ended up being the proverbial wallflower. In many ways, men could pick and choose because, should they not fancy someone in particular to date, she was likely to be 'left on

l things he could provide a family. If he lacked them, then he had to at least demonstrate the 'potential' to get them.

Men did the proposing and, even at the disco, men decided their dancing partners. If you were not pretty enough to attract the right attention, you ended up being the proverbial wallflower. In many ways, men could pick and choose because, should they not fancy someone in particular to date, she was likely to be 'left on

pretty enough to attract the right attention, you ended up being the proverbial wallflower. In many ways, men could pick and choose because, should they not fancy someone in particular to date, she was likely to be 'left on the shelf' and regarded as an 'old maid' or 'spinster' later on. Worse still, virgins were the order of the day. So you were considered a slag if you were not a virgin before marriage, while men had the right to sow their wild oats where they pleased. Once women left home they went straight to another man's house or remained with their parents, or single forever. There was hardly an in-between status.

Very few women were educated to intellectually high levels, even though many would have been much brighter than their partners. They remained passively in the background, encouraging their menfolk to shine. Men also had an unwritten right to beat their women, even to death many times, and use as much violence as they liked because there was a time when the police would 'not interfere' in domestic conflicts. This left vulnerable, weak women at the mercy of their partners. Many women