One thing to bear in mind: Post-war fashions in modern times (when society needs to replenish its deceased young men) are, generally speaking, geared towards accentuating the female form and thus inspiring reproductive activities and leading to child-bearing; I am thinking of the 'teens and the fifties especially; both eras in women's fashions featured a cinched waist (the circle skirts of the fifties and corsetted waist/tight-button blouses of teens), emphatic bosom (either low decollete and short jackets, or later the torpedo or push-up bra), bustle, peplum or crinoline to accentuate hip/bottom area, and shoes which lent height and propelled the buttocks back and the chest out...

Whether these fashion dictates were intentionally geared towards getting babies made is hard to say; but certainly after long years at war and lonely years t home both men and women were ready for some old-fashioned stay-at-home adventures...

Peg (who knows more about fashion than is perhaps healthy in a woman who mainly shops at the Salvation Army)

Oh, and as to whether men are the new women: sorry, that is just too insulting to even think about answering.

:)