 | 87 As a 1930s wife, I am |
Thanks to the always entertaining Red Molly for this much needed distraction.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Very Superior?
I find it hard to believe. Maybe it's due to making sure my children have a religious education. Or perhaps it's my lack of red nail polish. The 1930's Marital Scale is an unsettling look at the ideal spouse of days gone by.
Thanks to the always entertaining Red Molly for this much needed distraction.
Thanks to the always entertaining Red Molly for this much needed distraction.
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4 comments:
Oh, dear, I only rated an average! I better stop using that red nail polish!
As soon as I saw "Husband" and "Wife", I knew that I could not take the test. As with most surveys and other things pertaining to marriage, this one's gender-based in the assumptions it makes, which means it cannot possibly speak with any pretense of accuracy to the realities of a same-sex marriage.
Another fifteen minutes of my time saved. Phew!
It doesn't "speak with any pretense of accuracy to the realities" of any marriage I can think of except maybe that of my grandparents. Which is why I was stunned with my result.
Wow, you must "respond to marital congress with delight." Hee hee hee.
And I don't think this test would've been particularly applicable to my grandparents' marriage, either--not maternal, not paternal. My grandpas both seemed pretty happy with their wives, and my maternal grandma was a hard-drinking, sailor-mouthed life-of-the-party type who wouldn't have been caught dead without her dangly earrings and red nail polish (and I think her husband enjoyed watching her flirt her way across the dance floor at the Officers' Club).
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