PSY 409b—November 8, 2005

My Eighth Outline of Assigned Readings

By Jarrett Razon

Intro to D.L.

Schlessinger, Laura. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands. Harper Collins Publishers. 2004 pp xi-xxii

Introductions for this oral presentation are found at:

www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy23/409b-g23-oral.htm

Instructor: Dr. Leon James

I. One-celled Organisms

A. Reciprocity in a relationship is a key, if you treat your husband the way you want to be treated with love and care, he will treat you in the same way

B. Dr. Laura says that if you do not treat a man well, then he wont treat you well either

C. This is the dominance model because the woman has to treat the man in a certain way and the women has to be the one to initiate the behavior. The man doesn’t have to do anything differently

D. I chose this topic because it fits what was in the reading

II. Women don’t seem to appreciate their men and husbands

A. Dr. claims that men deserve more love and respect than the average wife or woman gives to him. She needs to try a lot harder to satisfy her husband because he is already doing a lot for the family

B. Although the husband already does so much for his family, the wife still complains about little things where she can be doing other things such as cleaning the house better to show her appreciation more

C. This is the dominance model because the wives are being told to put her feelings and desires aside to tend to her husband and make sure he is okay and that she needs to appreciate her

D. I chose this topic because I thought that the book is getting out of hand already and that I think that this book will be a bunch to read on how women should take care of the man and not both ways

III. Change that attitude!

A. A woman’s view is different than a man’s view and in turn their perspectives are going to be different. If the woman can see the way a man sees, everything will be better for their marriage

B. Dr. Laura finally states something of value towards women or does she. She claims that the woman has all the power in the world that she needs to better her marriage and that she is the one that can change her attitude to help them out

C. Once again it is the dominance model because it is the wife who has to do the soul searching to change their relationship, but what about the husband?

D. I chose this topic because it should be a two way street in marriages and relationships

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/dr/laura.html

http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/11/03feature.html

http://www.nndb.com/people/427/000022361/

The G23 Class Home Page:  www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy23/classhome-g23.htm

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