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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Perfect Wife Syndrome

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blobtobetter · 07/11/2011 19:11

Perfect Wife Syndrome

Sex on demand. Dinner on the table (or in front of the TV, if he prefers). Why, after decades of battling for equality, do some of Britain's most successful women put their man's needs first?

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2058421/Why-Britains-successful-woman-developed-Perfect-Wife-Syndrome.html

"A successful barrister from Manchester, she?s barely had time to eat since breakfast and longs to just collapse in front of the TV with a ready meal.
Instead, the moment she arrives home, she showers, changes into a pretty wrap‑dress and makes sure the wine is chilling and a casserole is bubbling in the oven before her husband James, 40, arrives home from the office.
If he wants sex later, she?ll happily comply. They won?t discuss her day. Instead, Caroline will listen supportively while James recounts the details of what he did at work."

Sounds a lot like Fascinating Womanhood to me!

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duchesse · 13/11/2011 16:17

You can never wheel [ this]] too often imo.

duchesse · 13/11/2011 16:21
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duchesse · 13/11/2011 16:23

My core belief is that women shouldn't settle for anything. We are always too apt to compromise, or be the one doing the compromising. Less compromise seems to be expected of men by society on the whole. The more women compromise, the more it lets incompetent bastards off the hook. The less competition able women provide, the less hard the men have to try and the closer we all get to hell in a hand basket.

duchesse · 13/11/2011 16:25

That taken in hand is some scary shit. The scariest part is that presumably these misfits actually find women willing to go along with this crap.

Xenia · 13/11/2011 17:25

Yes too many women compromise which is why they end up abandoned and with no money. In a sense they damage their children by taking the option of being at home as when the man leaves them as 50% do their children suffer due to no money. In a sense it is a selfish choice to be a housewife.

ChickenLickn · 13/11/2011 17:26

Equality is better for all of us, women and men included, because it enables both to maximise the use of their unique talents.

I have noticed that women raise standards at work, they challenge men who may be coasting, in sometimes unexpected ways.

unpa1dcar3r · 13/11/2011 17:28

"A wife must make her husband feel masculine. When women do men?s jobs, men feel threatened, home life gets disrupted, and marriages are ruined. I would never do anything to undermine my husband?s masculinity, including working outside the home."

Oh do please excuse me while I vom copiously all over your nice shiny kitchen floor...

Is this for real? Please someone tell me it isn't so Shock

WhollyGhost · 13/11/2011 17:29

agree duchesse

also, too often a woman's self sacrifice is not really the best solution

if we were not so apt to compromise we'd more often find ourselves in win-win situations, which would be better for all involved

duchesse · 13/11/2011 17:44

Equality does not benefit Zeta men, those with the most to lose from gender equality. So women who agree to go along with this shit, including and especially successful surrendered barristers from Manchester, are actually aiding and abetting cretins to climb than they ought to be able to.

sportsfanatic · 13/11/2011 18:34

"A wife must make her husband feel masculine. When women do men?s jobs, men feel threatened, home life gets disrupted, and marriages are ruined. I would never do anything to undermine my husband?s masculinity, including working outside the home."

A man whose masculinity is undermined by a woman working outside the home isn't a man - he is a massively insecure wimp. What woman could respect a "man" like that?

EleanorRathbone · 13/11/2011 20:26

What's really striking about that, is how fragile masculinity is supposed to be.

If men are so big and strong and superior, surely his wife working won't undermine that?

sakura · 14/11/2011 13:22

and they're religious it's like, doubly, oh idk, can't think of a word.. creepy

LIke, it's supposed to be kinky, but then it's got religious undertones and Christian men backing the lifestyle. I can understand them backing the subservience, but then they're backing the BDSM themes as well..

I would have thought that the least Christian women cold expect was respect for their piety and goodness and prayer.. but it looks like the gloves are off now.

Then again, most sensible women always suspected that the Man in the Sky was created as a way of subordinating women, and that most of his proponents didn'T really believe in him anyway, or didn't care if he existed as long as they could use the possibility of his existence to keep women subservient to them

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