Saturday, November 17, 2007

Old Commercial, Turn it up!

I've forgotten that I said I would post along with you guys, so I guess I'm in trouble. Anyway, I was just playing around looking for a YouTube video to post and found this commercial. Have any of you ever even seen the Flinstones? This commercial says a lot about the cultural times that it was made in. Yep, let the guys sit around and the women do all the work, right? After all, Fred and Barney had a long day at the rock quarry! Oops! They forgot that Wilma and Betty have also been working all day, taking care of Pebbles and Bam Bam, not only doing the shopping, but figuring out what to shop for and planning meals, not only putting the laundry through the machines, but also folding and putting it away, the cooking of meals for everyone and the clean up involved, cleaning up after kids, changing diapers, etc., etc., etc. Okay, I'm done ranting now! (I could go on, you know!) At any rate, it reminds me that someone recently figured how much a "housewife?" "domestic manager?" (whatever the proper word is) should earn for her (or his!) services, and it is currently around $130,000 per year. It seems I'm not getting paid well enough, so that's why I need to work outside the home!

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