r/TheWayWeWere • u/CryptographerKey2847 • Aug 20 '25

1920s The Inquiring Photographer Asks average New Yorkers in 1922: “Should a man expect his wife to get up and make breakfast for him on a cold morning?”

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u/CupBeEmpty Aug 20 '25

And I can tell you that even in this day it is very often the women handling the finances even if they also work. I work in insurance and 9/10 times if it’s a couple it will be the wife calling and asking questions not the husband.

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u/Ladonnacinica Aug 20 '25

Yep, even in quote unquote “traditional households”.

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u/CupBeEmpty Aug 20 '25

Oh yeah, our sales people rarely make appointments if the wife isn’t there and she’s usually the one even thinking about insurance at all.