# How is it that women didn't all strangle men in the 1960s? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-women-didnt-all-strangle-men-in-the-1960s/1022214 "2025-08-18T13:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 84
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-women-didnt-all-strangle-men-in-the-1960s/1022214/84 "2025-08-21T03:18:25Z")
I knew I’d started a thread about this very topic, and while looking for it, found this one started by someone else. Yes, I did post in it, with a link no less. Other people said they never had the boss over, but they did have other authority figures like the pastor or a teacher. > [@Did you ever have the boss over for dinner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-have-the-boss-over-for-dinner/751388): > > It seems to be a staple of old sitcoms to invite the boss to dinner, and pandemonium ensues. My dad was an up-and-coming executive when I was a kid (60s/70s timeframe), and I don’t recall him ever inviting his boss to our place, nor do I recall him being invited when he became a VP. Before I retired, my boss had an open house around Christmas and a bunch of us went, but that’s not the same as sitting down to a meal around the dining room table. And I never had a boss I liked enough to want ha… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-women-didnt-all-strangle-men-in-the-1960s/1022214)._