How to Pick a Mate (1946)
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How to Pick a Mate (1946)
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Re: How to Pick a Mate (1946)
#2This made me laugh a lot. Thank you for sharing.
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#3> There are still other people who don’t marry because they lack a decent opportunity. Girls who choose nursing as a career, for example, cut their marriage prospects at least fifty per cent. It is much the same for librarians and social workers. In fact a girl can reduce her chances of marriage merely by going to a girls’ college.
you have been warned /s
Re: How to Pick a Mate (1946)
#4This made me laugh a lot. Thank you for sharing.
Interestingly that today we laugh at the fact that there is a book helping people how to make one of the most important decisions in their life. It is normal to have books about how to cook food, how to travel, how to exercise. But God forbid there should be a book on how to select a good marriage partner.
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#5"Your chances of getting a mate you will like are even affected by your sex. If you are a girl your chances are not as good as if you were a man. This is largely due to the fact that a girl cannot gracefully take the initiative in stalking a mate who looks attractive to her."
Ladies, stalking a man does work, sometimes.
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#6There obvious historical issues with this book that make it hard to apply to today, but I was still surprised at how well written this was for it’s time.
This also shows the importance of birth control in women’s lives. In 1946, sex was a roll of the dice to being pregnant. The odds are now massively improved to avoid pregnancy by using modern birth control methods.
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#7> There are still other people who don’t marry because they lack a decent opportunity. Girls who choose nursing as a career, for example, cut their marriage prospects at least fifty per cent. It is much the same for librarians and social workers. In fact a girl can reduce her chances of marriage merely by going to a girls’ college. you have been warned /s
You don't think this is true?
Re: How to Pick a Mate (1946)
#8Nine Dangerous Characters is unironically good advice. But people of course love to look for “sexist” snippets instead, so they can laugh at people of past, as if they would have been any better.
Re: How to Pick a Mate (1946)
#9Amazingly well written. I found myself vigorously agreeing with several strong statements therein...I guess its because I'm an immigrant from a conservative culture and this is kinda how we think about these things. Very cut and dry, doesn't waste time hemming & hawing. Gets to the point. Just to be safe, I downloaded this book. I'm pretty sure we won't see this freely hosted online a decade from now, given the current cultural mores.
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#10Co-author Vance O. Packard's 1957 book "The Hidden Persuaders" was a best-seller.