Leave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man\'s home has Never been his castle, the \'male breadwinner marriage\' is the least traditional family in history, and rape and sexual assault were far higher in the 1970s than they are today.
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In The Way We Never Were , acclaimed historian Stephanie Coontz provides a myth-shattering examination of two centuries of the American family, sweeping away misconceptions about the past that cloud current debates about domestic life.
Leave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man\'s home has Never been his castle, the \'male breadwinner marriage\' is the least traditional family in history, and rape and sexual assault were far higher in the 1970s than they are today
