It displays a woman in a fifties-style polka dot house dress (think June Cleaver and you've got it) holding an old electric hand mixer.

They of course fucked up: they SHOULD have used a woman in her third trimester on the cover of the tome, to truly get the point across.

The power of propaganda. The "advice" looks good to most on its surface but I recognized the traditionalism right away.

who are all pining away, trying to live like a "Leave it to Beaver" episode. They don't seem to realize it was fiction.

That's their Utopia and the real world will always disappoint them.

advice for young women from their site.

I've seen copies of this rubbish from the turn of the last century on up to this one. The problem with it is that most women will become resentful and that will turn into depression and either alcoholism or suicide.

Nobody can be that much of a doormat and stay sober.

It is what it is. Culture war, religious right bullshit.

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but since she was a prominent teevee preacher's wife, as such I suppose she reflects a vision of what a good Christian wife should be.

Jeeeeeeez.

to start (and contribute to) in order to make the same point?

do we need?


Sorry, but the OP makes a good point.

I have no issue with the point.

Posting the identical point repeatedly, however, seems (in this case) to be a bit gratuitous.

Sorry....opportunistic public shaming is a real turn off.

around here these days.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4118896


Opportunistic shaming is a turn off. Actually, any of this silly 'shaming' stuff makes me roll my eyes.