50 & 60 yr old gals leaving their families? Okay, maybe so. What I remember is 30 to 40 yr olds, hittin’ the ramp- women and supposed men. The early 70’s, began the fragmented family decline. It was the turning point, for what our culture is today. The turn-around point, is going to be hard won.
Yes 30 and 40 year olds were doing the same, I was married to a 20 year old who was hearing the same message, but at least they were at the age of divorce.
What struck me at the time were the old women, with 30 and 40 year old marriages, who were buying into the concept of being liberated and finding an exciting life of dating and work (important work of course, unlike the drudgery of real life work), and being free and independent.
It was truly heartbreaking to read all the constant stories of heroic old women who left their husbands and families to discover themselves, and/or to try lesbianism.
You are correct.. it was the begin of the decline in basic values.... of family... of marriage.. of what it meant to be a husband or a wife.