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slymm t1_iycxmwz wrote

You have to take the time into context here. In the 80s the idea of a woman being a boss and a man being under her, especially in a domestic job, was unusual.

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haljordan8976 t1_iyeugjy wrote

I'm the same age as Harmon and I know exactly how the dynamic was. With relatives in the south and seeing the men outside drinking and the women in the kitchen. The fact is still that the title of the show was supposed not supposed to be literal.

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