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[9 Mar 2008 | One Comment | ]
The Perfect Husband’s Guide

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There’s been much talk in the press lately of the re-discovery of The Good Wife’s Guide, a Housekeeping Monthly article from 1955. There has also been much talk about whether it’s real or a hoax. Regardless of this, most of us would probably agree that it is a pretty accurate portrayal of what was happening in gender relations in the 1950’s. But no more. A survey by the Ideal Home Show has concluded that men no longer expect their wives to have mastered the art of …