A Woman's Place, 1950’s style.

I found this and couldn’t help but laugh. The scary thing is that there was a time when this was considered acceptable to teach girls. Think about it, 55-years isn’t a lot of time in the grand scheme of things. There are still women around who were taught this subservient crap. I can’t imagine any women on this site living this kind of life.

You’ve come a long way, Baby

The following is from a 1950's Home Economics textbook intended for High School girls, teaching how to prepare for married life.

A Women's Place

1. Have dinner ready: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal - on time. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him, and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.

2. Prepare yourself: Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.

3. Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift, too.

4. Prepare the children: Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces if they are small, comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.

5. Minimize the noise: At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him.

6. Some Don’ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day.

7. Make him comfortable: Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.

8. Listen to him: You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.

9. Make the evening his: Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment; instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure, his need to be home and relax.

10. The goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can relax.

If there are any SG’s who are down with this let me know. I take my dinner at 6:30. I expect a nice cold margarita to be waiting when I get home. I like my tee shirts hung on hangers and fresh sheets on the bed every night. Above all this there is one thing you need to remember. I’ve just spent the day working hard in a man’s world, the last thing I want to do is come home and listen to you tell me about your day playing bridge with the girls. (Don’t kill me, I’m just kidding. It’s a joke, a ha-ha.)

I know unravled always does all these things when I come home from a hard day at the office. I don't know where she gets the children, though. Mail-order, maybe?

WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



my job is to make sure everybody is still alive at the end of the day...fuck a bunch of cooking and cleaning..and the kids!?!??! as soon as my hub walks in the door, I'm all like "TAG" you're it. and go take a nap.

GO DOWN ON ME I HATE YOU!!!

hehe do me

oh and thanks Tom Jones.


Well she's all you'd ever want,
She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner.
Well she always knows her place.
She's got style, she's got grace, She's a winner.
She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.
Well she's never in the way
Something always nice to say, Oh what a blessing.
I can leave her on her own
Knowing she's okay alone, and there's no messing.
She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady, and the lady is mine.
Well she never asks for very much and I don't refuse her.
Always treat her with respect, I never would abuse her.
What she's got is hard to find, and I don't want to lose her
Help me build a mansion from my little pile of clay. Hey, hey, hey.
Well she knows what I'm about,
She can take what I dish out, and that's not easy,
Well she knows me through and through,
She knows just what to do, and how to please me.
She's a lady. Whoa, whoa, whoa. She's a lady.
Talkin' about that little lady and the lady is mine.
Yeah yeah yeah She's a Lady
Listen to me baby, She's a Lady
Whoa whoa whoa, She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine
Yeah yeah yeah She's a Lady
Talkin about this little lady
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Whoa and the lady is mine
Yeah yeah She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine.

Snopes says...

As soomeone always links when this gets posted... (clicky!)

May as well be me this time.

Sorry folks, HOAX!

Just read those last ten lines and you can tell right off the bat that 'ol Tom is a man of substance. that must have taken him years to write...

Internet jinx strikes again.

If you take away the part about it being a woman's place, and all that, and look at it as some tips for anyone to use to greet his or her returning SO, there's actually some good stuff in there.

Don't greet your SO with problems or complaints. Greet your SO with a warm smile and be glad to see him or her.

Yeah, the cooking and cleaning stuff is pretty out nowadays, but we can still be nice to people, right?

This is actually a really, really good idea.

I was waiting for someone to jump on that line.

I had seen this about 5 or 6 years ago in connection with the textbook and ladies magazine. I assumed it was real because if you read it and think about American society in the 1950’s it seems to fit, but I guess that was the point.

I hadn’t seen the Snopes site before; I’ll have to check it out. Many thanks to TheFuckOffKid for pointing it out.

11) Oral.

l think thats crap l would never do that for anyone. could you imagine if men followed that list.I DON'T THINK SO
12) speak when spoken to

Every feminist professor I have ever had has read that list in class.

Let's keep getting pissed off over the same shit over and over rather than doing anything progressive!!!!!111!!