"Women have many careers,but only one vocation-motherhood… It is for woman as mother,actual or vicarious,to restore emotional security in our insecure world… Today,however,the duties of the homemaker have become so depreciated that many women feel impelled to work outside the home-even when it is not economically necessary-in order to retain the respect of the community… What ails these women who reject their children? Surface influences of a competitive,materialistic world have atrophied their emotions and destroyed their instinctive reactions."
Agnes Meyer,"Women Aren't Men," Reader's Digest,1950
-Which of the following developments contributed most directly to the concern with the topic in the passage?

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The concern with the topic of motherhood and the depreciation of the duties of the homemaker was most likely influenced by the post-World War II baby boom, where many women were becoming mothers and facing societal pressures to stay at home and raise their children. As the passage suggests, many women felt impelled to work outside the home in order to retain the respect of the community, indicating a societal shift towards valuing women's work outside of the home.

"Women Have Many Careers,but Only One Vocation-Motherhood… It Is for Woman