The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
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I picked up this book on a whim at a charity book sale, unaware of the author's background.
This book is overly simplistic, if not insulting to both men and women. The author seems to be addressing the least common denominator of readership. There is much common sense 'wisdom' for us 'folks', with no attempt to provide in-depth analysis of matrimonial matters within the wider context of gender role confusion in contemporary Western society. Dr. Laura seems to have an aversion to complex issues, as well as to making use of erudite language that would normally be the mode of discourse in a well-researched or carefully thought-out treatise.
She assumes that human behavior can be amended successfully merely by following the easy-to-grasp advice doled out in her books (or during her radio show), rather than the conventional approach of medium- to long-term methods such as professional counseling and/or group therapy. In fact, she is convinced the latter courses of action can only confuse us simple folks (as we all are, according to Dr. Laura, inevitably doomed to be confused by 'complex' theories such as feminism), therefore all these widely-practiced methods are in fact impediments to her homespun, yet fool-proof, expedient solutions.
Here's my own bit of advice:
Beware of books where the author's name on the front is the same (or larger) font size as the title!
This book is overly simplistic, if not insulting to both men and women. The author seems to be addressing the least common denominator of readership. There is much common sense 'wisdom' for us 'folks', with no attempt to provide in-depth analysis of matrimonial matters within the wider context of gender role confusion in contemporary Western society. Dr. Laura seems to have an aversion to complex issues, as well as to making use of erudite language that would normally be the mode of discourse in a well-researched or carefully thought-out treatise.
She assumes that human behavior can be amended successfully merely by following the easy-to-grasp advice doled out in her books (or during her radio show), rather than the conventional approach of medium- to long-term methods such as professional counseling and/or group therapy. In fact, she is convinced the latter courses of action can only confuse us simple folks (as we all are, according to Dr. Laura, inevitably doomed to be confused by 'complex' theories such as feminism), therefore all these widely-practiced methods are in fact impediments to her homespun, yet fool-proof, expedient solutions.
Here's my own bit of advice:
Beware of books where the author's name on the front is the same (or larger) font size as the title!
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Book is on my bookshelf again.
Submitted to pokpok's Nonfiction Virtual BookBox.
