From Michael Foucault's work Docile Bodies comes the quote "Recruits become accustomed to "holding their heads high and erect, to standing upright, without bending the back, to sticking out the belly, throwing out the chest, and throwing back the shoulders."
Although the quote laid out by Foucault he was discussing the men of the military, you could also see how it relates to the picture of the "wives" of the 50's. They all stood very erect and "proper", wearing similar clothing and acting in the same manner. I think that the manner in which they acted can be closly related to men in the military. Both are very disciplined; the men to stand and appear a certain way, and to fight and protect their country, while these woman all act as though they have nothing better to serve than the men that they are married to. They are trained to make food, clean, dress a certain way, act a certain way, all without even going to an institutional place, like the men of the military, but rather they are held to these standards by their peers and the men that they are married to. This picture shows that they all find this a normal occurrence and those that do not act in this manner are the strange ones.
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