A return to submissive wives?

Boston.com ^ | 2 February 2004 | Cathy Young

[shrinkermd]

QUITE A FEW people would probably rail against Laura Schlessinger, the radio pop psychologist known for her diatribes against abortion, working mothers, and gay rights, even if she said that you should be kind to animals and brush your teeth regularly. When "Dr. Laura" writes a book which pins most of the blame for modern marital problems on selfish, overly demanding women, that's bound to ruffle feathers.

[Tax-chick]

Post a pic of him OK

Hope to soon. We've been housebound with bad weather and my being sick, but things should be improving this week.

[Blzbba]

"It's a typo,"


No - you had to intentionally hit the ' key, rather than to correctly ignore it.

Tihs is a typo. This' is just stupid.

"I'll take destroying your half-witted assertions "

When you actually do that, you can celebrate.

Or for you, celebrate'.

[Woahhs]

No - you had to intentionally hit the ' key, rather than to correctly ignore it.

No dear. You don't understand. Those of us who type with more than two fingers don't hit any key intentionally.

But you go right ahead and try to salvage some shred of dignity. I'd probably do the same thing if I'd been caught making such asinine assertions.

Naw. I'd never make such asinine assertions.

You really should try to remember the first rule of holes; when you find yourself in one...stop digging.

[Blzbba]

"I'd probably do the same thing if I'd been caught making such asinine assertions."

Thus your multitude of responses.

Or for you, responses'.

[Woahhs]

Thus your multitude of responses.

No, you see I have a peculiar aversion to allowing rank stupidity to pass unmolested.

Shall we do a quick recap of the slander you have had thrown back in your backbiting face?

If you had any argument, or answer to my refutations, you wouldn't be making such a desperate attempt to make grammar errors into capital offenses of disputation.

[Woahhs]

BTW, your last post takes the "Pee Wee Herman - I know you are, but what am I" award.

Congratulations!

[Blzbba]

Boooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrinnnnnnnnng.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[Blzbba]

blahblahblah
yadayadayada

You've still said nothing interesting or original.

[Woahhs]

Are all the people in your life so stupid that all this gesticulating and evasion actually works?

You charged pornography. I proved it wasn't. You charged hypocricy. I proved it wasn't.

You might be bored, but I'm having a fine time making fun of your vanity and ignorance.

I'll make it simple for you. All you have to do is answer my refutations and you won't look like a petty, petulant, teenage, poison monger anymore.

[RosieCotton]

I'm amazed that you two are still at this!

[Blzbba]

"You charged pornography. I proved it wasn't. "


No you didn't.

por·nog·ra·phy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pôr-ngr-f)
n.
1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.
2. The presentation or production of this material.
3. Lurid or sensational material: “Recent novels about the Holocaust have kept Hitler well offstage [so as] to avoid the... pornography of the era” (Morris Dickstein).


Regardless of whether the pictures were taken privately or intended to be shown publicly, it IS STILL PORNOGRAPHY. Just because it wasn't in 'Hustler' doesn't mean that the intent when taken was pornographic in nature.


"You charged hypocricy. I proved it wasn't. "

Nope - I've already made my case here.

Your infatuation with defending this woman is fascinating. Please, continue.

[tiki]

I've been married for 33 years. I haven't been a submissive wife but most of the decisions and actions I have made were geared toward the health of my marriage and family. Marriage is a give and take situation as it is in any close relationship and maturity is key to it all.

[hobbes1]

Sorry but once again, matrimony in this age is for the immature romantic and the machoistic.

No, matrimony in this age is for the diligent, and secure, that are able to ferret out the gold from the garbage.

Hiding in a shell of Batchelorhood/Spinsterhood is for the immature, childishly romantic as opposed to maturely romantic, and the masochistic.

[Woahhs]

Bwahahahhahahahahh!

Love the graphic!

[KantianBurke]

Who said anything about hiding? Avoiding a legitimate threat to one's finances and mental health is quite reasonable. Unless of course you've got a spare house you'd like to give away and don't mind seeing your kids only on rare occassions. If anything recognizing the instability in marriage is quite a "grown up" thing to do.

[Blzbba]

IS that extra-buttered popcorn? Damn, that looks good!

[dubyagee]

A truly submissive woman would not expect nor demand marriage. I know one of these--a totally compliant, dependent "mistress" of a rich guy. This is an interesting new social pattern. And you want to talk *compliant*--poor gal barely has a soul.

It's about giving of yourself...not selling your soul.

[RosieCotton]

;-)

[hobbes1]

Avoiding a legitimate threat to one's finances and mental health requires finding someone that is worthy of and capable of, the Commitment.

[KantianBurke]

if you had bothered to read some of my prior posts in this thread you would have noticed my answer to such a declaration - this society has not produced individuals who understand and are equipped to sucessfully maintain said committment.