In 50 years... imagine what the rules of today would be written like? I'm not sure it's really any better... at least 50 years ago, people seemed to have a little more concern for their spouse.
This is basically yhe generation thatmy mother grew up in... She was NOT the little woman who fetched my father's slippers and handed him a drink when he got home from work (was my job to be bartender

My mother managed to have a pretty success career as professor of english literature at an ivy league university while still running a household and raising three kids.