Marital Ratings Scale (1930)

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	Marital Ratings Scale (1930)

Lubaska

5-15-2008 11:18 AM

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The 1930s guide to being the perfect wife

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1d57493c-ba6e-4159-8e04-0fbeb1f005c9/C4DA8FFC-E3E4-4976-B2FE-DFBDF3CE8975/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html" href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html" style="font-size: 11px;">in.news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html">Does your wife flirt with other men at parties? Is she "slow to get into bed"? Or is her favourite nail polish colour red? Well, if it is so, then get set and give her a score - courtesy "Marital Ratings Scale" from the 1930s.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html">wives would lose points for being slow in getting into bed at night, failing to sew on buttons and darn socks, or for wearing red nail polish.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html">in the minus column were categories marked "flirts with other men at parties" and "goes to bed with curlers on her hair or face cream"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html"><P>A wife could also lose points for putting her "cold feet on (her] husband at night to warm them".</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html">women were rated well for their conversation, delivering meals on time and for being a "good hostess</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html"><P>Also worthy of merit was the wife who "never goes to bed angry".</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html">categories on sex and swearing. A woman would lose five points for using "slang or profanity"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html"><P>But if she "reacts with pleasure and delight to marital congress" she would gain ten points.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_sc/tsc-the-1930s-guide-to-being-the-perfect-f32bc39.html">"Very Poor (Failures)" to "Very Superior".</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C4DA8FFC-E3E4-4976-B2FE-DFBDF3CE8975/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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