The Malum ([info]the_malum) wrote,
@ 2008-05-14 18:13:00
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Husband's scale, page 1
Originally uploaded by Tiabla
Apparently, in the 1930s, this was the kind of thing pop marital counselors published in the magazines. Nice to know little has changed; they had just as many unreasonable expectations as we do today. I mean, "Snores"?!? Like that can be controlled!

Stolen from [info]alicetheowl.

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[info]agentanderson
2008-05-15 01:48 am UTC (link)
Note that it's only bad if he gawks at or flirts with other women when out with his wife.

So, what, if he's out with someone else's wife, it's OK?

In other news, I think that Big Nose Kate Elder would have resented history's view of her as Doc Holliday's sidekick. She probably would have had it the other way around.

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[info]the_malum
2008-05-15 02:49 am UTC (link)
Ah, but that's the psychology of it -- if he's out with his wife and he's flirting, then he's basically insulting her ability to be a home-maker. If he's out by himself or his (guy) friends and flirting, then no one will know; he'll blend right in with the other ass-pinching, comment-making dipshits that seemed to loiter at every freaking intersection.

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[info]tsc_girl
2008-05-15 02:25 am UTC (link)
While I personally think having my partner snore is a non issue, I know plenty of men who dumped women who snore. Something about not being "feminine" enough when sleeping.

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[info]the_malum
2008-05-15 02:45 am UTC (link)
I checked, but didn't see "Snores" on the Wife's Chart, only the Husband's. I guess in the 30s, women didn't snore; must have been nice for them! Similar to that "Women don't sweat, they perspire" horseshit.

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[info]dragonintherain
2008-05-15 02:56 am UTC (link)
no, they "glisten". or "dew". *gigglesnort*

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[info]tsc_girl
2008-05-15 03:29 am UTC (link)
There's a woman's chart? And you didn't post it?

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[info]fings
2008-05-15 03:47 am UTC (link)
Just keep clicking, the other images are all in the photo stream.

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[info]the_malum
2008-05-15 03:48 am UTC (link)
Er, if you follow the link to flikr, it's in the set. Naturally, the men's part comes first -- it's from 1939, after all.

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[info]dragonintherain
2008-05-15 02:29 am UTC (link)
more points for an allowance than helping clean up?!?

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[info]the_malum
2008-05-15 02:47 am UTC (link)
Eh, that didn't surprise me. This was before WWII made people realize women could earn their own money. Working at a job, no less! Just like men!!!

If you want to feel amusement about it, imagine how much it must have seemed like a Steven King horror story come to life for the schmucks who finally found out that they weren't irreplaceable.

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[info]dragonintherain
2008-05-15 02:54 am UTC (link)
it doesn't surprise me, but it still horrifies me. ;)

what's that show... matchstick men? have you seen it? DEAR GOD, it's amazing the crap that women put up with in the workforce.

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[info]alicetheowl
2008-05-15 05:15 pm UTC (link)
#9 in the "merits" column would irritate the shit out me.

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[info]the_malum
2008-05-15 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Maybe it's to make up for rampant female illiteracy in 1939? I got nothin'.

FWIW, I've actually dated women who liked to hear me tell stories. Odd, but true.

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[info]alicetheowl
2008-05-15 06:26 pm UTC (link)
The last time I drove out to see my oldest sister, Josh read me Coraline along the drive. It helped keep me awake, though it wasn't without its challenges.

I also knew a couple (they broke up) who would alternate reading chapters of the latest Harry Potter to one another, so that neither of them finished it first.

I did like bedtime stories when I was a kid, and reading aloud does have some benefits, but in general, if I'm interested in an article, I'll read it my own damn self.

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[info]the_malum
2008-05-16 04:58 am UTC (link)
Ah, but you've never heard me read a story! :D

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[info]alicetheowl
2008-05-16 04:10 pm UTC (link)
No, I haven't. But reading articles aloud to me would irritate me, nonetheless.

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