PSY 409b—October 9, 2005
My First Outline of Assigned Readings
By Brandi McWade
“Syndromes”
The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
(Harper Collins Publishers, 2004) pg. 15-26
Instructions for this oral presentation are found at:
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy23/409b-g23-oral.htm
Instructor: Dr. Leon James
I. WHITE RABBIT SYNDROME
A)
· From Alice in Wonderland: “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.”
· Demands are too high for women today and they don’t have enough time.
· If a woman is too busy for her husband, then they are trying to do too much and need to cut back on something to make time for her husband.
B)
· In the unity model of marriage, it is the husbands role to not allow the rabbit syndrome to occur because they would be unable to conjoin.
C)
· I think many women do feel overwhelmed, however, I don’t agree with Dr. Laura’s idea that they should drop other things to make more time for their husband or the idea that women are suppose to “serve” their husbands.
II. HURRIED WOMAN SYNDROME
A)
· Characterized by an inability to control weight, drained energy, moodiness and lowered sexual energy, which all leads to resentment within marriage.
B)
· Dr. Laura disagrees with the unity model. Unity can not be achieved with resentment or when the women is stressed out and hurried.
C)
· I have been stressed and hurried to complete too many things in not enough time and it makes me resent others who are able to sit and relax while I rush around.
· The husband should be responsible for helping his wife manager her chores and time and help her so she does not become like this.
III. OBLIGATED INTIMACY
A)
· According to Dr. Laura, women are supposedly obligated to have marital intimacy with their husband.
· Dr. Laura claims that it is the woman’s obligation to “not be tired all the time.”
B)
· The unity model doesn’t agree with Dr. Laura because she blames women for not fulfilling her sexual obligation.
C)
· Women cannot have intimacy if it is a obligation as oppose to a desire.
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