Post #389772 by Haole'akamai on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 12:51 PM

Nobody was seriously thinking this particular bit was real, but it's not far off from what the establishment was trying to tell the mid-century woman (in a desperate hope to stave off what eventually because the woman's revolution of the late 60s - early 70's)

Taken from 1963's Fascinating Womanhood by Helen B. Andelin

Do's:
Accept him at face value.
Admire the manly things about him.
Recognize his superior strength and ability.
Be a Domestic Goddess.
Work for inner happiness and seek to understand its rules.
Revere your husband and honor his right to rule you and your children.
Dont's:
Don't try to change him.
Don't show indifference, contempt, or ridicule towards his masculine abilities, achievements or ideas.
Don't try to excel him in anything which requires masculine ability.
Don't let the outside world crowd you for time to do your homemaking tasks well.
Don't have a lot of preconceived ideas of what you want out of life.
Don't stand in the way of his decisions, or his law.

Ms. Andelin's book was rereleased, with a strengthened Conservative Christian bend, in 1982, and remains a very popular advice book with that group today, reportedly often handed down as a wedding or engagement gift.