(September 2015). The culture of domesticity (often shortened to cult of domesticity) or cult of true womanhood was a prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the nineteenth century in the United States and Great Britain.September 2015). The culture of domesticity (often shortened to cult of domesticity) or cult of true womanhood was a prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the nineteenth century in the United States and Great Britain.