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mulegirl
True Blue Farmgirl
184 Posts
rosemary
cottonwood pass
co
USA
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 Posted - May 10 2009 : 2:39:32 PM
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - May 10 2009 : 2:45:00 PM
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Wow! talk about a spoiled KING! No wonder women suffer from depression....being a slave with no rights would make anyone depressed. Thank God for our modern lives.
I wonder if men had their way they would still be treated that way. ;-(
Linda
in Scranton, PA
farmgirl #71
We all get heavier as we get older, because there's a lot more information in our heads. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - May 10 2009 : 3:26:31 PM
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I know SOME men would, Linda! How disgusting to think that women were made to think they were not only subordinate but inferior to their husbands - and through a WOMEN'S magazine! Ick.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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auntgrandma1
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
Pamela
Meridian
Idaho
USA
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Posted - May 10 2009 : 4:02:48 PM
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| well, that's enough to make a woman gag.! LOL. My parents lived like that for years. If dad had his way they still would. My hubby would love it, but it ain't happening here. I work too and that just will not balance. And I love him but still. ICK!!! |
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - May 10 2009 : 4:23:08 PM
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Anyone nostalgic for the "wonderful 50's" should read that article. They'd get over that real fast!!
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
1534 Posts
Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - May 10 2009 : 4:54:05 PM
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So much for the good old days! Thank heaven it wasn't like that in my reality. A Good wife always knows her place!? Good grief. No wonder they called their wife "the little woman". I remember some of the old guys when I was a kid calling their wives their "bitter half" gee---I wonder why.
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 5:29:47 PM
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eeeewwwwwwwww, just makes you want to cringe, doesnt' it. No wonder poison was the weapon of choice for women, hehehehehe.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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Miss2Missus
True Blue Farmgirl
407 Posts
Karen
Asheville
NC
USA
407 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 5:45:08 PM
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i have to admit, this is pretty over the top! i wonder if it was a man or woman how wrote it. It's a shame that a house wife has always been seen as the lesser of the two, esp when keeping a house running properly is really hard work.
But what also is interesting is the difference between our and Asian cultures. Because most Asian families still operate similarly to this even now in our modern times.
Karen ^_^
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C.W.
True Blue Farmgirl
101 Posts
Chelsea
Prosser
WA
USA
101 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 7:17:38 PM
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| Ha my DH printed that article and posted on our fridge a while back. A few of the points have some validity, I do try to meet him at the door and have the house tidy, but the rest of it is crap. |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2009 : 8:47:31 PM
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I grew up in the 50's and my mother never treated my dad like that! She had to work outside the home and worked just as hard as he did. My husband's grandmother was the Good Housekeeping housewife. When I was home full-time I always tried to have the house picked up, the kitchen clean, and supper at least cooking. But as for the rest - I don't think so. When I worked outside the home then everything was split 50/50 - or that's how it should have been. Mostly is was 90/10 with my part being the 90!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22942 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 10 2009 : 8:49:00 PM
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I think just like within any ideal and within any era there are extremes. I am sure there were housewives that followed this ideal to a T; but I think there had to be a large percentage of the population that found a balance between the two. I like the idea of taking 15 minutes to rest before he comes home- can someone please explain this concept to my toddler?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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ranchetta
True Blue Farmgirl
318 Posts
carol
Marysville
Wahington
USA
318 Posts |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2009 : 02:26:34 AM
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yes, I saw that movie...that's what modern times are like.
Linda
in Scranton, PA
farmgirl #71
We all get heavier as we get older, because there's a lot more information in our heads. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - May 11 2009 : 05:02:27 AM
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LOL, and EEEWWW I am glad I am not married, double LOL!! I would not treat my hubby as king, unless I was the QUEEN!!:-)
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2009 : 07:03:54 AM
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ROFL, good one Marian!
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2009 : 07:32:56 AM
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This reminds me of Mona Lisa Smile.. the movie with Juliet Roberts. The one girl who married and had her perfect house, perfect life, didn't question her husband or ask him were he went.. He was cheating on her. If you don't talk with your husband, he'll go somewhere else! NOt every convo we have to have is a nag or a complaint. How 'bout giving my boring day a lift or cleaning my 'little treasures' up for me?
This is all laughable to us now, and I'm glad it is.
Elise
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
http://ATeddyForKeeps.org
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - May 11 2009 : 07:52:25 AM
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I think some of the above is good advice but some of it is hogwash. Late for supper or stay out all night?? I don't think so.
I heard a story about the Zigfields.(Zigfield Follies) Every morning Mrs Zigfield would get up an hour before Mr Zigfield. She would put on makeup and fix her hair, and dress in the prettiest thing she had in the closet. That is how she looked when Mr Z got up and went to work. He worked with beautiful women all day long. But he remembered his wife being beautiful that morning and he never looked twice at the women he worked with. They were supposed to have had a long and very happy marriage. She was the one that went the extra,but I'm sure the rewards were great.
This only works if it goes both ways. Some men are S.O.B. no matter how you treat them. |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - May 11 2009 : 08:26:58 AM
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| Everybody reprints this article...but nobody ever reprints the letters to the editor that ran in the following issue! I'd like to see what the response was from 1955 housewives. This certainly doesn't match up with the attitudes of other women I see writing about home and family in the 1950s. Can you imagine Shirley Jackson writing this? Or Betty McDonald? |
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
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Posted - May 11 2009 : 08:43:15 AM
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I agree Belle, staying out all night if he's not fishing! I don't think so.... lol I do strive to make our home feel like a santuary for my family to come home to. A "soft place" to fall. I want my family to feel a sense of renewal and peacefulness when they make it to our little "arc of safety" we call home. A place we can renew our strength and prepare for another day.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
"Courage is being scared to death... but saddling up anyway" ***John Wayne
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - May 11 2009 : 10:47:53 AM
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http://www.snopes.com/language/document/goodwife.asp
I started looking for contemporary reactions, and found that this article may never have actually been printed. It may be a bit of an exaggeration, although not unfounded in truth. |
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