I agree that this article is laughable and shows that their mentality is stuck in a 1950s time warp. Unfortunately, they never held real jobs in the 1950s. This is typical advice from people who are in un-reality about the world and how working people live ---- all while they are living on working people's charity.
I suspect, more than anything, that this advice has more to do with how there aren't enough women to do favors for people in the hall. Apparently there aren't enough women around to bake cakes, to chauffeur people around, etc. These men think women are just there to make everybody 'feel good' like they are some kind of idiot 'hostesses-on-the-spot' for whatever idiot needs something. This is why they like the Thursday night school where the womenfolk give talks together. It makes the men feel all warm and fuzzy. Problem is: those women on the stage are not their wives. They are somebody else's wives or they are single women who have to go out and make a living.
I am sure couples with children take everything into consideration when a mother decides it is necessary to join the work force. They have to take into account how much money she is going to spend on transportation, lunches, clothing, etc. I only met one or two married women in my life who joined the work force because they wanted to get out of the house. My non-JW mother was one of them. However, she did this when we were grown up.
In today's world, however, it is usually because of financial necessity that a married woman joins the work force. In fact, many families are barely making it even with both spouses working.
LHG