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Demovictory9

(32,482 posts)
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 05:39 AM Aug 2021

"how to be a good wife" article promoted on larry elder website

https://imgur.com/a/6qf1CZ4


HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE
Home Economics High School Text Book, 1954
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 prospect of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.
Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so that you'll 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.
Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the home just before your husband arrives, gather 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.
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.
Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the 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 he is home.
Some don'ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he is late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day. 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.
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.
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.
The Goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.
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viva la

(3,344 posts)
1. Maybe he's posting it as a joke?
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 05:42 AM
Aug 2021

I remember a friend earnestly giving me advice like that when I got married.

Demovictory9

(32,482 posts)
2. it was no joke when he posted. I heard his show back in the day. Elder HATEs women
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 05:45 AM
Aug 2021

he joked but you could feel the animosity behind the jokes.
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/politics/kfile-ca-recall-larry-elder-on-women/index.html

The Elder campaign did not provide comment when CNN requested it.

He has mocked premenstrual syndrome, known as PMS, calling it "Punish My Spouse (or Significant Other)."

He prominently promoted on his webpage a 1950s textbook on "how to be a good wife" that said women should "have dinner ready" and told them, "Don't complain." He reposted an article on his website comparing single mothers on welfare to stray cats.

Elder has already faced some backlash for derogatory remarks he made about women in a 2000 column, in which he wrote that "Women know less than men about political issues, economics, and current events" and claimed that this gave Democrats an edge over Republicans because "the less one knows, the easier the manipulation."

His disparaging comments have been as recent as January 2017, when he deleted a tweet that implied women taking part in the Women's March were too unattractive to be sexually assaulted, according to the Los Angeles Times.

In another previously unreported comment from a January 2017 radio show, Elder mocked women attending the Women's March as "obese."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/politics/kfile-ca-recall-larry-elder-on-women/index.html

Demovictory9

(32,482 posts)
14. When he spouts negative stats about black people, he 8s.joyful
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 06:07 PM
Aug 2021

He loves to portray blacks in a neg light

EYESORE 9001

(25,999 posts)
5. Nothing indicates it was posted as a joke
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 06:42 AM
Aug 2021

It fits in perfectly with their subservient female fantasies.

lindysalsagal

(20,747 posts)
9. The maga women have really broken my heart. It's bad enough coming from the men.
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 08:23 AM
Aug 2021

We are a hopeless species.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
8. "Be a little gay and a little more interesting."
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 08:22 AM
Aug 2021

Invite your BFF over for a makeout session. Men like to watch that sort of thing.
(But take off his shoes first.)

bullwinkle428

(20,631 posts)
10. Can't imagine why he's 69 years old and never married. Although he did
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 08:30 AM
Aug 2021

wave a gun at his former fiancee a few years ago.

chowder66

(9,087 posts)
13. Accept the body blows because your husband isn't hitting you anywhere bruising could be seen
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 10:57 AM
Aug 2021

If your husband has had a particularly rough day and decides to forego the body blows, be sure to use enough makeup to cover the swelling and bruises.

Ladies, whatever you do don't slip any rat poison into his dinner.

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