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Summary: Are your brain dead? Is your husband a racist and pedophile?
Review: This book would be funny if not for the many women living these words. I found this book racist (extremely) and promoting ideas that lend themselves to pedophiles. If your husband likes to have you act "childish" then you have more problems than you know. Any man that would want a childlike wife does not want a wife but rather the child. Quite scary. If you need to learn how to lie and manipulate to have a happy marriage, then your problems started on the wedding night.If you have married into a union and have a true marriage partner that loves and respects you, then you don't need this book! If you feel your daughters are only worth what this book is promoting, and you run your marriage by this book, maybe you need to get off your couch and onto a psychiatrists couch. I believe civil rights have taken a backseat here.
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Summary: The 1950s frozen in time
Review: This is the perfect guidebook if you happen to married to Ward Cleaver and want to be more like June Cleaver. Should we call it "historical fiction?"
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Summary: I, too bought it for the "wrong" reasons
Review: I picked this up used for [price] and what a steal! This is hilarious! A great conversation piece.
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Summary: iNFORMATION CHANGES ATTITUDES
Review: I have the opinion that if I get one good idea or piece of information out of a book, that is useful, then the book is worth it.
I got many great ideas about understanding my "boyfriend"` at the time, my husband no;w.
We would never have made it to the alter without info from this book.
Not that he listened to,`or used, or read any of it.
My man is one of those macho, mans-man kind of guys.
When I read about how a man thinks different and feels different, I cried. I could see how I had hurt hi;m without knowing it all. I thought it was all his fault, but it wasnt.I didnt need him to help me make the relationship better. When I started doing some of the things in the book, my attitude changed and I had a lot less resentment.I admit I didnt want to do 1 more thing, I had to do it all for so ;long I really resented having to do any more.But I did try some of the ideas,even the ones that sounded stupid and made me feel unnatral. But they became natural and ended up helping me and my attitude.I was always an independent woman, not some submissive, mealy mouth. It helped me. Im not selling my copy for anything. I still review it from time to time.
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Summary: The Funniest Book EVER
Review: Need a new party game? Here's what I do: During a dinner party, while my guests are relaxing before dessert, I pass out copies of Fascinating Womanhood and ask each guest to read a random passage aloud. It never fails to get hysterical laughter and outrage! You have to read this book to believe it. My favorite is the chapter on sex, which includes tips such as eating zesty pickles and salad dressings to "turn yourself on." For [the price] you can't get a bigger barrel of laughs.
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Summary: Still waiting for the punch line...
Review: ...because this HAS to be a joke. Acting helpless? Talking baby talk to my husband and acting shocked if he makes a mistake? PLEASE. My husband is a human being, just as I am, and we both make plenty of mistakes without particularly shocking each other. The only creature on earth I talk baby talk to is my cat (no, I don't have any children at this point); if I spoke that way to my husband, he'd have me committed! And as for the helpless thing, forget it. I'm quite certain that mine isn't the only man in America who is proud of having a wife who is strong and intelligent; he once told me that I'm the strongest person he knows. I am a practicing Lutheran who has read the Bible numerous times, and nowhere does it suggest that a woman should be a simpering pile of flesh good for nothing but child-bearing and man-pleasing. Ms. Andelin's viewpoints might have been considered valid in the Victorian era, but they have no place in 21st-century America. I'm more shocked by the number of women applauding her in their reviews than I have ever been by any mistake my husband has made.
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Summary: It works!
Review: I am surprized to read the venomous reactions of some women to this book. I came across the book about 5 years ago and it transformed my marriage - for the better. After reading it for a couple of weeks, my husband said to me, "I don't know what you are reading in that book, but please keep it up." I passed the book on and heard that several other husbands made similar comments. It is especially good on understanding men. I recommend it to any wife who really truly wants to love her husband. Following these principles can transform even a troubled marriage.
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Summary: Fascinating womanhood pitfalls
Review: This book is a minefield for women, because it assumes men are so gullible that they will be taken in by a woman submerging her personality and becoming a "Stepford wife" bundle of smiling assent and praise. The principles that she advocates works on many men, but the woman using these principles will feel disappointed that the men do not appreciate them as individuals. There are other books that help women to nurture their marriages and relationships without advocating emotional slavery. I do not recommend this book!
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Summary: What ever happened to
Review: Today's my 18th wedding anniversary, and if I had followed most of this book's recommendations, my husband would have had me committed long ago! Installing the cupholder upside-down to prove my need for his masterful help?! Even with his degree in Industrial Design, he wouldn't be flattered...he'd just be wondering why he'd been foolish enough to marry a dingbat, to force his children to be raised by a dingbat mother in these threatening times when one needs to have one's maximum wits available in case of impending terror or crime! This author must have missed the passage in the Old Testament describing the woman of valor whose value is above rubies! That biblical woman was a terrific manager, she bought and sold property and farm goods, she was very skilled, wise and strong. I can't think of a single Biblical woman who benefited herself or her family or her people by acting childish and dumb. Do you think Sarah or Ruth or Esther or Mary were talking babytalk to their spouses? come on! It is possible to have humility AND dignity AND wisdom AND strength, to offer the full measure of your intelligence and capability to your husband and life-mate, instead of minimizing yourself because you think he is not man enough for his ego to be able to stand strong in comparison. Why not offer 100% of your gifts rather than insulting him by acting like a half-wit (implying he must be only a slightly-more-than-half-wit, dumb enough to be threatened by 100% of you?) How to have a happy marriage? Just love, love love your spouse, listen to him, respect him, enjoy him, laugh with him, know him, be patient with him and keep joy and laughter in your home. Honor and love yourself and your strengths and your flaws, and share your gladness with Heaven and Earth. It's only worked for 18 years so far for me, but if that's good enough for you, save your money from this book and spend it on fun for the two of you!
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Summary: Helen's Christian Principles
Review: Since the official name of the Mormon church is the Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints, obviously, Helen IS a Christian and tries to promote Christian thought as best she understands it in her book. This book, however, is not official Church doctrine nor espoused by the Church nor anywhere near what students are currently taught at BYU. I was first exposed to an earlier publishing of this book while attending BYU by a instructor who thought it inconceivable to take Helen Andelin's advice seriously. It is not based on scientific evidence, and our class found much of this book to be humorous. We thought at first the author must be joking, and we did not know the author was Mormon when we began reading the text. That's how far this text is from what we were taught at BYU--we didn't even recognize it as an alumni's book. Instead of "Fascinating Womanhood," I would recommend giving young girls and early marrieds "Little Women" as a more practical example of family relationships with Christian values, which ironically, is a much older publication.
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