The other fact about the West was that there were very few women around. The mail-order bride industry was born out of the complete lack of suitable women in the west, because it was mostly men who were willing to risk going out into the vast unknown.
It's very much true in a few places today, as well. Alaska and most northern states are male-dominated. The female-dominated areas are mostly in the hip cities, urban northeast and the left coast.
And we wonder why relationships are so dysfunctional these days!
@jmyrlefuller The part in bold is mostly untrue. Women,with rare exceptions,end up dominating most households. Since they give birth to,and for the most part are responsible for raising the young even if they have jobs too,what they say goes.
Oh,they are almost always subtle about it,but make no mistake about it,the women are in charge. For the most part,other than the wimmins libbers,they are subtle about it because that works the best.
And truth to tell,it is probably a good arangement for everyone.
Mother Nature made that arangement,and it's not a good idea to cross her.
