Gender Roles
How the media perceived gender roles of the 1950s, expectations of children, expectations of men, and expectations of women, along with some ideas for how home life "should" be. Describe what these expectations were. How do you think this actually played out in reality?
And finally--do you think advertising has changed it's tactics much over the last 65 years or so? If so, how? If not, why do you think they have stayed the same in light of so much social change.