A woman's place is in the home. Why should she go out and take away a workingman's pay instead of staying home and stealing out of his jacket like a good wife.
When I came home and showed my mother my report card with a mark of 98 in arithmetic, she wanted to know who had gotten the other two points.
The American success formula is first to get a home of your own, then to get a car of your own so you don't have to stay in that home of your own.
More and more Congressmen now stay in Washington all year-round because they can't stay at home under the laws they've passed.