home. Women were reminded of the fact that their primary function in life was to take care of their households until their husbands came back (May 50-4). In fact, the moment the men returned from the war, the women once again faced a hostile job market that reduced their wages and an unsupportive government that reduced public funding for day care centers (May 58).
May's argument is all the more convincing through her depiction of a society that literally undermined all efforts by women to assert their independence and individuality. Her description of how women were exp
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