Quote Originally Posted by Tojo
Oh I think I'm more serious about that than I sounded. Admittedly my mother was/is a very powerful woman.

My feeling is that sure men were in charge technically & on the surface, but at the same time there was a heck of a lot more respect for women then.

I believe women got what they wanted a lot more back in those days.


Tojo
Tojo,

You are so right. If I didn't open or hold a door for any lady I got my ass smacked. If I didn't call an older person by their title (Mr., Mrs., or Miss - there was no Ms. back then) I got my ass smacked. If I smarted off to an adult neighbor, I got my ass smacked. There were also many other reason I got my ass smacked.

If you didn't have the brains to learn respect, especially for ladies and elders, it was taught to you very quickly and by anyone, not just your parents. Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, even "well intentioned" neighbors could reprimand any child.

It may sound bad but it really wasn't. Things were at a much slower pace and it was a much safer world then. Mothers were home raising their children not out helping raise the money to feed them. That in itself is one very important reason why the children back then were better disciplined than today's kids. I miss it as far as seeing how the youngsters are growing up today - lack of discipline, lack of respect for anyone, and heaven forbid if a teacher tries to administer corporal punishment. I survived many teachers' whacks and lived to tell about it. Can't say I didn't deserve it either.

All those time I got my ass smacked is maybe the reason I like OTK now. I don't really believe that, it wasn't fun back then and I certainly wasn't naked over a beautiful Mistress's knee. OHHHHHH, think of how I could have turned out!!!!!