How did women in the 50s and 60s have such small waists?

I totally agree with MS Manners The 50 sand 60 s were safe We also had lots of freedom There was no camera to watch each of our step Children were well raise and the crime was VERY low Mothers were not killing their babies like they are doing now And for the answerer who said ;;; they were all in drugs ; well ; he is dead wrong I would give anything to go back in the 50 s.

I grew up in the fifties and most of the problems that exist today existed then, even child assault and abuse but there was little bally hoo, only if a child was missing or murdered did it get into the papers. I was badly assaulted by two men who lured me to a shed, I can still remember quite clearly huge chunks of it, but very few people knew about it and my parents were not keen to prosecute even if the attackers were found. Not even my brother was told and only my close friends had any idea.

We were also very poor, had today's toys been available I doubt most of us could have afforded them. People think back and say it was good in those days, and maybe it was for them, but if they were suddenly to be picked up and placed smack bang in the fifties at five years old I don't think they would want to stay too long. The only real plus was there were less people, less crowds, and less frustration as a consequence.

A lot of today's troubles stem from there being too many human beings pushed up close together but even that was mirrored in the fifties when you look at slum areas in the big cities. No, very little really changes but today you get to hear about the bad much more frequently thanks to the media. Try Googling Moira Anderson ( not the singer ) and read about one young girl who grew up and died in the fifties and you will realise children were every bit as much at risk in those days but the parents just failed to realise it.

Thank God they youngsters are more cared for today, that's what I say, but in the end life is a risky business and always will be, some get through others don't all you can do as a parent or carer is your best.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.