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The Unfaithful Wife, cont.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

 
Fitzgerald writes:
I was glancing through some of your older posts and found this entry on unfaithful women. I wanted to offer a few comments on the remark by a woman reader who said women have been forced to put up with male infidelity for eons.This is, sadly, very naive. While it may be true that men are [...]

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When a Husband Fails as a Man

Sunday, December 13, 2009

 
A reader takes strong exception to my advice to a woman who feels her husband is not manly. Laurence Butler, in his comments in the previous post, writes to the woman:
If the leadership role has been temporarily vacated, you had better step in lest your children grow up to imitate a stoic but sorrowful mother doting [...]

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Married to a Wimp

Saturday, December 12, 2009

 
Dear Thinking Housewife,
Men are not taught how to be men nowadays. What can I do about the fact that my husband is such a girl?
Regards,                                                                                  
Anonymous (in an unspecified location)
 
Dear Anonymous,
I’m sorry, Anonymous, this question makes me mad. Not mad at you, but mad at this. In many ways, the debate over marriage is over, isn’t it? Women are [...]

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Cold as Stone

Thursday, September 24, 2009

 
Hannon writes:
Thank you for the excellent entry [on female sexuality.] I would like your thoughts on one aspect of this subject, which you allude to here:
“They simply do not know what lies behind the glowing facade of young women. Women are weak and impressionable. The fun times are momentary. Simple happiness of the sort that [...]

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