Comments on: The Good Wife’s Guide http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:13:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Vincent http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75809 Vincent Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:59:56 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75809 I don't know this kind of thing is looking pretty good to some women, after all did you see MP Dunleavey's MSN Money article entitled "Secret Lives of Breadwinner Wives". Seems MP and her Women in Red are kind of not liking the traditional male role of primary breadwinner. I don’t know this kind of thing is looking pretty good to some women, after all did you see MP Dunleavey’s MSN Money article entitled “Secret Lives of Breadwinner Wives”. Seems MP and her Women in Red are kind of not liking the traditional male role of primary breadwinner.

]]> By: Vincent http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75808 Vincent Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:59:40 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75808 I don't know this kind of thing is looking pretty good to some women, after all did you see MP Dunleavey's MSN Money article entitled "Secret Lives of Breadwinner Wives". Seems MP and her Women in Red are kind of not liking the traditional male role of primary breadwinner. I I don’t know this kind of thing is looking pretty good to some women, after all did you see MP Dunleavey’s MSN Money article entitled “Secret Lives of Breadwinner Wives”. Seems MP and her Women in Red are kind of not liking the traditional male role of primary breadwinner. I

]]> By: bmc90 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75640 bmc90 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:37:25 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75640 Actually I love this list even though it's fake. When it gets trotted out, as it usually does every so often, I sigh and say, "Yep, this is what I wish my husband would do before I get home." What is sad is that if you read Get to Work and the studies it was based on, what's on this list more or less remains the expectation for women in a lot of households. Actually I love this list even though it’s fake. When it gets trotted out, as it usually does every so often, I sigh and say, “Yep, this is what I wish my husband would do before I get home.” What is sad is that if you read Get to Work and the studies it was based on, what’s on this list more or less remains the expectation for women in a lot of households.

]]> By: Maud http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75585 Maud Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:46:37 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75585 <a href="http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=6813" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> a direct link to the post with the Lysol ad. Unbelievable, no? Here’s a direct link to the post with the Lysol ad. Unbelievable, no?

]]> By: Blair http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75567 Blair Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:17:53 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75567 Oh yeah, it was. You can find a fantastically horrifying ad about it <a href="http://www.maudnewton.com/blog/?cat=17" rel="nofollow">here</a>. (You have to scroll down a bit to see it) A quick google search didn't turn up any stats, but I've heard before there were cases of women dying because of it. <blockquote>When these devices <em>(referring to birth control devices)</em> were declared illegal, the flourishing trade simply began selling them as "hygiene" products. For example, vaginal sponges were sold to protect women from "germs" instead of sperm. This led to misleading if not downright fraudulent advertising. From 1930 until 1960, the most popular female contraceptive was Lysol disinfectant -- advertised as a feminine hygiene product in ads featuring testimonials from prominent European "doctors." Later investigation by the American Medical Association showed that these experts did not exist. "The fraud of the Lysol douche was a byproduct of illegality," Tone says. "Because birth control couldn't be advertised openly, manufacturers would use euphemisms to refer to birth control. They took advantage of consumers' hopes." </blockquote> More on that <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51170" rel="nofollow">here</a> Here's to Griswold v. Connecticut! Oh yeah, it was. You can find a fantastically horrifying ad about it here. (You have to scroll down a bit to see it) A quick google search didn’t turn up any stats, but I’ve heard before there were cases of women dying because of it.

When these devices (referring to birth control devices) were declared illegal, the flourishing trade simply began selling them as “hygiene” products. For example, vaginal sponges were sold to protect women from “germs” instead of sperm. This led to misleading if not downright fraudulent advertising. From 1930 until 1960, the most popular female contraceptive was Lysol disinfectant — advertised as a feminine hygiene product in ads featuring testimonials from prominent European “doctors.” Later investigation by the American Medical Association showed that these experts did not exist.

“The fraud of the Lysol douche was a byproduct of illegality,” Tone says. “Because birth control couldn’t be advertised openly, manufacturers would use euphemisms to refer to birth control. They took advantage of consumers’ hopes.”

More on that here
Here’s to Griswold v. Connecticut!

]]> By: Freeman http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75544 Freeman Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:52:56 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75544 *blinks* Lysol? *Smacks lips uneasily, grimaces* That's not just disgusting, it's potentially dangerous. It has to be. Ew. *blinks* Lysol?

*Smacks lips uneasily, grimaces*

That’s not just disgusting, it’s potentially dangerous. It has to be.

Ew.

]]> By: galnoir http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75534 galnoir Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:58:37 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75534 <em>Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons</em>, by Lynn Peril, is packed with plenty of real exampls of this sort of thing. The most hair-raising, in my opinion: an ad for Lysol touting its use for "feminine hygiene." Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons, by Lynn Peril, is packed with plenty of real exampls of this sort of thing. The most hair-raising, in my opinion: an ad for Lysol touting its use for “feminine hygiene.”

]]> By: lisa http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75530 lisa Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:42:32 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75530 This one' s real though: http://www.snopes.com/language/document/hiringwomen.asp A Guide to Hiring Women from 1943 This one’ s real though:

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/hiringwomen.asp

A Guide to Hiring Women from 1943

]]> By: Bill http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75529 Bill Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:22:17 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75529 I wouldn't be surprised if there were guides similar to this back in the day. It's a hoot. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were guides similar to this back in the day. It’s a hoot.

]]> By: Delta http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75524 Delta Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:38:58 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/11/18/the-good-wifes-guide/#comment-75524 <i>Be a little gay and more interesting for him.</i> Oh so being a good wife, means setting up that threesome for him... Be a little gay and more interesting for him.

Oh so being a good wife, means setting up that threesome for him…

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