What do Women Really Want?
3/9/06
Well, it turns out we just want our mate to bring home the bacon (vegetarian or bovine, take your pick) and cuddle with us. SO much for women's lib. At least according to a recent Survey of 5,000 familes. The happiest wives are those who don't work outside the home and whose husbands are emotionally available to them. This makes complete evolutionary sense, someone's got to take care of the spawn and who better than a happily tended to Mom. Another study showed that even when women work full time they are spending more time with their kids than 50 years ago; they just spend less time on themselves.
Pas moi. I had a hedonistic day yesterday with morning at the gym, tennis and lunch with my country club girlfriend, wrote erotica, then flamenco classed at night. Now, who wouldn't rather fulfill their passions all day long and be truly present for their kids and hubs when all's said and done? Maybe we should ask our "Family Values" administration to do a bit more to support families who want a parent at home, make it easier for mothers to choose be such full time if they want. Maybe all these frustrated husbands would be happier too, if they came home to contented wives who felt valued for the good work they do as home-makers? Or maybe I'm deluding myself; wasn't that the '[50's? I think what was missing then was the emotionally present husband part. But all those frustrated house-wives who birthed the 60's probably did want more than cocktail hour and matching towels and tupperware parties. So they went to work, and self actualized and here we are 40 years later with.... more wives happier when they stay at home. And many Ivy League dames planning on only using their diplomas for 10 years until they marry and then...stay at home. Go figure.
One thing I do know that women, wives, men and husbands do want: to be asked "what do you think about...?" We all just want to matter some how and in some relevant way, whichever way it is that speaks to us.
Well, it turns out we just want our mate to bring home the bacon (vegetarian or bovine, take your pick) and cuddle with us. SO much for women's lib. At least according to a recent Survey of 5,000 familes. The happiest wives are those who don't work outside the home and whose husbands are emotionally available to them. This makes complete evolutionary sense, someone's got to take care of the spawn and who better than a happily tended to Mom. Another study showed that even when women work full time they are spending more time with their kids than 50 years ago; they just spend less time on themselves.
Pas moi. I had a hedonistic day yesterday with morning at the gym, tennis and lunch with my country club girlfriend, wrote erotica, then flamenco classed at night. Now, who wouldn't rather fulfill their passions all day long and be truly present for their kids and hubs when all's said and done? Maybe we should ask our "Family Values" administration to do a bit more to support families who want a parent at home, make it easier for mothers to choose be such full time if they want. Maybe all these frustrated husbands would be happier too, if they came home to contented wives who felt valued for the good work they do as home-makers? Or maybe I'm deluding myself; wasn't that the '[50's? I think what was missing then was the emotionally present husband part. But all those frustrated house-wives who birthed the 60's probably did want more than cocktail hour and matching towels and tupperware parties. So they went to work, and self actualized and here we are 40 years later with.... more wives happier when they stay at home. And many Ivy League dames planning on only using their diplomas for 10 years until they marry and then...stay at home. Go figure.
One thing I do know that women, wives, men and husbands do want: to be asked "what do you think about...?" We all just want to matter some how and in some relevant way, whichever way it is that speaks to us.
posted by Barbery at 7:55 PM
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