I know we should probably be looking up relevant things pertaining to the topic, but try looking up “housewife” and staying away from the “desperate housewives” links. They’re everywhere! So I typed in “how to be a housewife” and this came up. It will never cease to amaze me how much negative publicity females get especially if they are housewives, or homemakers, when does their day of appreciation, or recognition come? All these damn books on how to compliment the husband and you’ll get everything you want, what about the females?

- G25, Afonin - Outline 2

This is an interesting clip from a website called "NoMarriage.com." It tells the reader (specifically male) what makes a good wife. It says that sex shouldn't be everything therefore sexual blackmail is taboo, but it also has a strong doministic view of females doing the "house hold" chores. The author says that a woman should love household chores because she is meant to do them ever since long ago which is totally doministic and follows Dr. Laura's preachings. I thought it was interesting because at first it seems to start off with almost a sense of equity and unity model ingrained with the "sex" isn't necessary if she doesn't want it. But the rest of it is really strong on how a "good wife" is basically a no squabbling "house wife" which is what most of the dominance model is all about. There's mix signals from this author.

- G25, Akiyama - Outline 6

This site is a Christian self-help website that has a section dedicated to a woman and her relationship. This article in the Marriage section of the "Today's Christian Woman" part of the website, talks about how micromanaging is unhealthy on a relationship. Like Dr. Laura, this article says that it is the female who needs to "look at herself in the mirror" to find the source of her problem. This article emphasizes that true fulfillment is "loving your husband for whom God made him to be rather than trying to make him play the role you want him to play." That is sort of like Dr. Laura's underlying message to how men are "very simple creatures." I found this article to be quit interesting because it was like reading a mini version of Dr. Laura's book.

- G25, Akiyama - Outline 7

The primary role of the wife was to fulfill the role of helpmate to her husband and mother to her children, only venturing out of the bounds of the household to be involved in charity work.  Many women have allowed undue stress to be placed upon them as they attempt to balance their very jealous careers with their roles as wife and mother.  A wife is to submit to her husband not because she is inferior in an inferior role but because she is in a different role.   

- G25, Bulda - Outline 10

The role of the women is defined by giving respect to her husband.  Her duty is to submit to her husband, which is the ultimate expression of respect.  This provides an authority structure in the marriage, most likely meaning a dominant model of marriage.  The husbands’ role is to love their wife.  Love is volitional rather than emotional; as an act of the will by choice.

- G25, Bulda - Outline 10

I found this site interesting because it analyzes research that wanted to find out what type of femininity or masculinity in either male or female would produce satisfactory in the sexual area of the marriage.  The outcomes came to be that men appeared to be more satisfied if married to masculine women, and wives’ satisfaction was brought by feminine men.  Martial satisfaction was also positively related to mutuality of expressive behavior and negatively to perceived segregation of expressive roles.

- G25, Bulda - Outline 10

Written by W. Bradford Wilcox and Steven L. Nock, from the University of Virginia, this site is review of the equality, equity, commitment, and the woman’s marital quality.  Prior to research, the equity marriage was thought to lead to a higher marital quality for wives and higher levels of positive emotion work on the husbands, but this site has proved otherwise.  Divisions of household tasks show to be more critical and that the men’s marital emotion work is very important to determine the women’s marital quality.

- G25, Bulda - Outline 4

An inspiring article in the New York Times said that a young mother taught at the age of 25 with 3 daughters who were 3, 5, and 7 with the struggles of being a successful mother in the work force she was able to nurture her children into becoming career oriented women.

- G25, Gora - Outline 2

I don’t know if you are going to like this article that I found but I did.  It kind of shows men that it’s not a easy job by any means.  Stay at home mom’s should saluted because they really do have it hard, from changing diapers to cleaning the house all the way to having dinner on the table when her husband comes home. One thing that really caught my eye was the 189,000 stay at home dads compared to the 11 million stay at home mom’s. I thought there would be a lot more stay at home dad’s then that.

- G25, Malala - Outline 2

This website is actually career oriented, yet is describes the typical life of a stay at home mom. The description points out how difficult this unpaid “labor of love”, using examples such as moms never having sick days and providing information about the salaries these moms would make provided they were being paid for the roles they carried (teacher, child care worker, cook, etc.)

- G24, Pettit - Outline 6

This article has a great list of things that women can do to make their husband’s return home extra special. As I was reading through the list I must say that it would be nice to come home to that ideal house and family every night but in the real world it’s very unlikely. Most people cannot afford a house keeper or a quick visit to the Lancome counter and the rarely have time to relax for fifteen or twenty minutes when the children need dinner and they have homework that needs to be done.

- G25, Malala - Outline 7

This article talks about how men stop trying because they think their wives expect too much. To me that’s lame because there basically giving up without putting forth any effort at all. At least sit down and tell your spouse how you feel about all the pressure that is put on you.

- G25, Malala - Outline 7

This article talks about how women in the 19th century are more advanced than before. They now pursue goals and are determined to succeed in life, mainly in their careers. It contradictory to what Dr. Laura says a woman should be. I do believe women should continue to do their motherly duties, but I support women who can get an education, pursue their dream career, and be a mother. It’s not impossible, I know of people who did it and I commend them for doing it.

- G25, Monteilh - Outline 1

I thought this article was really funny. I’m not sure how serious it was but they did talk about different statistics so I thought I would throw it up there anyways. It talks about how guys have the same urge to have sex one day after, when females have the same feeling 20 days after sex. It talks about how men don’t have to pay a high price like previous generations anymore to spread their genes, so they are going to take it anywhere they can get it.

- G25, Ide - Outline 5

This article would be the perfect combination with Dr Laura’s book. This article talks about what men need to say when their wives ask them a certain question such as “How are you thinking about” it’s an article for men to feel and express feelings like a woman

- G25, Ide - Outline 7

This is the most common complaint I hear on a daily basis from my guy friends. I stumbled across this website that actually lists the top ten reasons why women don’t like nice guys and choose to date jerks instead. I was reading through the list thinking that Dr. Laura would probably give a million dollars to whoever wrote this because it surrounds everything she talks about when it comes to why women prefer abusive and negative relationships with men.

- G25, Ide - Outline 1

This article is talking about a survey that was conducted regarding the percentage of women who went to high education institutions and dropped out of the work force to take care of their families. The article talks about if a woman was most likely to marry a man from the same level college or university, the man would have a higher income. This would result in the woman not having to work if she felt that she needed to give time to her children and husband. More time for the husbands and kids results in a more stable family and a lower risk of divorce or problems in the home. So basically the underlying goal was to say “Ladies, marry a man at your college!”

- G25, Ide - Outline 1

I found this article in the most random place. Oprah.com. The article talks about a couple who the wife is a perfectionist. The husband complains of a lack of interest in intimacy because his wife is too busy making sure the house is perfect for a house party. It’s funny that he quotes it “Hell on Earth.”

- G25, Ide - Outline 4

This article talks about how kids aren’t going to be perfectly clean and spotless, because they are kids. Mom’s should take it easy on their kids and let them do things their own way instead of wanting them to do everything tip-top shape. The article also tells mom’s to lighten up on themselves, just because their kids make a mess in the kitchen, doesn’t mean they have a bad mother.

- G25, Ide - Outline 4

This is a list giving the men some advice about what women need out of them in order to understand their role with their wives and how they can better their relationship

- G25, Ide - Outline 3

This article talks about how working mothers do just as good of a job raising their children as do moms that stay at home with their kids. It also talks about the increased self esteem mothers have and that can counter act any ill effects being away from their children might cause

- G25, Ide - Outline 2

It’s no secret that these two go hand in hand. The article talks about how appreciation is correlated with women having affairs. Women want to feel appreciated, loved, young, sexy, and fresh. And what better way to satisfy this need by finding someone else who is more than willing to give it to you. It talks about how husbands set it up for their wives to cheat by not showing them enough appreciation and not making her feel like the princess she deserves to be treated.

- G25, Ide - Outline 10

This link is a list of some of the common reasons why women stay in abusive marriages. The interesting thing is that some of the common reasons on the list are also things which Dr. Laura encourages women to do who report unhappiness in the marriage. Dr. Laura suggests putting the family first and staying together for the children. This is also a reason some women stay with abusive men, for the children. Another reason women stay with abusive men is because their religions encourage them to stay in the marriage. Marriage is an institution under God which is not supposed to be broken.

- G25, Murray - Outline 1

This article asks men of many different professions what they think women do to drive men away. One of the things the author says women need to do is give their men more space. He explains that some women have a choke-hold on their men and it is not healthy. He also explains that men need their independence and it drives them away when they feel they are not free to be independent. This goes directly against the Unity Model and falls into the Dominance Model, because it encourages women to allow men to have independent prerogatives. It also involves woman bashing because it claims that these women have “problems” for wanting to be united with their partners instead of independent.

- G25, Murray - Outline 6

This story starts off with a husband who is getting home from work to a wife who is at home watching his children. She had had a long day full of many problems with the kids and when he got home, she didn’t want to make love. She needed to vent. She was tired and upset. Then, instead of yelling at her or treating her horribly, he told her to sit down and relax while he did the dishes for her. He took the kids out to play basketball and she was able to have a break. By the time he as ready for bed, his wife was ready for a little night action. I used this article because it represents what women would like out of their husbands. When we have been stressed, we need our men to help us out and take charge. Let us sit for a while.

- G25, Murray - Outline 10

The article talks about what men want in a partner. The concept that caught my eye was “Men want to you look great” which is related somewhat to Dr. Laura’s Frump syndrome. Here the writer says that men want women to watch their weight, exercise, eat well, dress sexy etc. He says that looks count to being sexy because then we have confidence. Well I think that women can have confidence and be sexy at any size.

- G25, Imose - Outline 9

This website shows a Swedish study on pregnant women and the occurrence of physical and sexual abuse. I thought the results were interesting because I never would have thought that they would be so high. 24.5% of the 207 pregnant women they surveyed had experienced some form of abuse during their pregnancy. I thought it was unbelievable that the father of the child would put the unborn baby in such a risk of having complications by abusing the mother. I felt that was just wrong, and hopefully those women were able to get help so that something like that wouldn’t happen again.

- G25, Imose - Outline 4

Verbal abuse is what happens in dominant and equity model of marriages. Name-calling, teasing, patronizing, and yelling are just a few examples of verbal abuse. I chose this article because it explains just how damaging verbal abuse is. It creates invisible scars and destroys your confidence. I think we must recognize the signs of verbal abuse because some women don’t realize the verbal abuse because they accept their husband’s excuses. This site provides a great list of excuses your husband could use on you. It also provides great tips on how to get out of a verbally abusive relationship. I believe that in some ways, verbal abuse is just as bad as physical abuse. I think this relates to what we are learning because the unity model of marriage promotes a healthy and happy conversation between spouses, free of any kind of verbal abuse. This is important in your marriage!

- G25, Kim - Outline 6

The marriage message that this site was trying to convey was the idea of respect. I found it funny, however, that they were directing this to women. Women need to respect their men even if they are “selfish and wounded.” It says nothing about respect for the woman. What it did say was that “God requires our wives to show respect to us He also requires the husbands to show love to their wives.” What about respect for the woman? I thought this relates to this particular outline because Dr. Laura does not mention respect for the wife as well.

- G25, Kim - Outline 10

This is another article on the infamous askmen.com website. This article was about the jealous girlfriend and how to get out of this dangerous situation. But I was surprised that this website didn’t completely criticize the woman. It said that when a woman is jealous, it really is because she loves you and that you (the man) should be attentive to her needs. However, they did later refer to a woman’s jealousy as psychotic behavior. I can never find a positive article on this website!!! I chose this article because it deals with the concept of “guy time” and how women get jealous and insecure when their husband or boyfriend takes time to do his own thing. But just like Dr. Laura’s book, it does not mention when the guy is jealous.

- G25, Kim - Outline 10

This article is a comment by Hillary Frey on the work of writer Caitlin Flanagan, who is considered to be anti-feminist. Her views concerning feminism are similar to that of Dr. Laura Schlessinger. She believes that the women’s movement, as well as new-age feminist theories, have been damaging to society, homes, and marriages. Flannigan asserts that quality care of children is lacking in a working mother’s home. She wrote a piece in The Atlantic explaining that, while many upper-middle class women strive for successful careers, their children are paying the penalty of their mothers busy schedules and are, therefore, being raised by nanny’s. Flannigan writes that less time at home ruins relationships between men and women. She also gives a personal anecdotal account of how she regretted her mother abandoning her duties as a housewife to go to work.

- G25, Moa - Outline 1

Ellen Goodman, a writer from the Boston Globe, comments on a study done by sociologists, Bradford Wilcox and Steven Nock about happiness in marriage. Wilcox determines in his study that wives who expect more from their husbands are less happy in their marriages. Progressive women of today who work outside of the home expect their husbands to equally share household duties and provide them with more of an emotional connection. Due to these high expectations, these women are less likely to feel fulfilled then traditional wife who has lower expectations. Goodman comments on the conclusions of Wilcox and Nocks, who determined that fulfillment in marriage comes from expecting less. There views are similar to Dr. Laura’s as well. Both of these websites concern the same issue, and I presume both refer to the same study.

- G25, Moa - Outline 1

This site describes the hustle and bustle of a woman’s life, her high stress level, and the endless amount of chores that have to be done which prevent her from having time to relax. Various statistics are given concerning how much women do compared to how much men do. The site also mentions the theories of Joshua Coleman and John Gottman concerning marital satisfaction and housework. I chose this site because it makes reference to the lazy man syndrome. Like Coleman, this site asserts that the advantage of doing chores for men is a better sex-life. It also gives advice to woman on how to get their men to do more.

- G25, Moa - Outline 5

I really liked this site because it was very informative for newly married couples. It discusses how to get men to do more chores around the house, the types of lazy men, and how a woman’s job is never done. It gives full length articles discussing topics like these and much more.

- G25, Hasegawa - Outline 4

This site, which is geared toward women, offered very useful information about many subjects relating to families, parenting and marriage. It is information that is more likely to appeal to women however I believe men will find the site both useful and informative.

- G24, Adams - Outline 2

This link talks mainly to woman as a wife and what she should do. It talks about being mutually submissive to each other. There are scriptures to support the arguments John MacArthur Jr. brings up.

- G24, Wong - Outline 4

This link leads to an article called “Called to encourage your husband”. It discusses the importance of understanding what the word “encourage” means and how you must not confuse it with the word “please”. The article emphasizes the point of encouraging your husband rather than allowing dependency.

- G24, Tabon - Outline 6

This website directs you to an article that suggests ways for wives to please their husbands and keep their marriage interesting, implying that the success of a marriage is the responsibility of the wife.

- G24, Tabon - Outline 2

This website is about a book called The Surrendered Wife. It offers steps for women to follow in order to maintain intimacy in their marriages. It assumes that wives are controlling, and they need to give up on controlling and criticizing their husbands in order to have a passionate union.

- G24, Tabon - Outline 2

The final website I chose is an extremely good example of the Dominance Model in the Unity Model of Marriage.  Men write to this marriage counseling site complaining that their wives will not submit to their leadership.  Dr. David Stephens, the man who answers the complaints, resembles a male Dr. Schlessinger.  There are also links to other examples of the Dominance Model. 

- G24, Lau - Outline 1

This third webpage is for mothers learning to cope with a new baby. There is advice for new mothers range from nutritional information, safety tips, and breastfeeding. This could be helpful for inexperience mothers.

- G24, Lau - Outline 3

This site goes over what a female sexual dysfunction is and how it affects the lives of women. Some parts are a bit disturbing in that seems to put the blame on the women. But I think this will further our understanding on female sexuality and how our society views such issues.

- G24, Montague - Outline 7

This site offers help to working mothers in many different areas of their lives. It contains news and information about topics such as parenting, marriage, stress management, and health issues. I think this site would be very helpful for working mothers who want to try their best in keeping a healthy family and marriage.

- G24, Montague - Outline 1

This article describes the new trend of women who are educated and could have a job, but choose otherwise in order to stay home, have sex, and be pretty for their husbands. The article references Dr. Laura’s book, “Like the authors who came before her, Dr Laura, as she is known to the fans who tune into the 500 stations that carry her program, says there are no secrets to a happy marriage. On the contrary, the solutions to your problems are obvious: just be nicer to your guy.”

- G24, Pettit - Outline 5

This website is based on a book written by Emuna Braverman.  She sounds like she knows a lot about the topic of women and their wants and needs.  She relates this to a woman looking for a mate and gives a few qualities that women usually look for.  They consist of men that show their love through, gratitude, praise, care and consideration, really listening, clear words and eye contact, and physical affection.  She feels that these qualities will help a marriage succeed and keep the wife as happy and comfortable as she can.

- G24, Saito - Outline 7

Can you imagine that after all we learned so far, that you would see a website on sexual blackmail from the women.  This website is sort of a top 10 ways that women can use themselves to get what they want.  This is interesting because we are learning about how the husband uses sexual blackmail to get what he wants.

- G24, Saito - Outline 4

Believe it or not, this website is in direct correlation with the material that is discussed in the reading.  This website discussed reasons why wives divorce their husbands.  There was a section that the husband doesn’t respect his wife, only when he wants to have sex,

- G24, Saito - Outline 4

The article on this website gave information on “what women want”.  It was interesting to read the articles because it gave examples on the needs of women.  This relates to my concepts because it gives the answers to why wives complain and criticize.

- G24, Saito - Outline 3

This article is written by a man named Michael Schirber and it discusses how the different genders experience different overall amounts of pain and suffering.

- G24, Kanemaru - Outline 2

This link is to The Dissident Feminist: Schools of Feminist Thought website.  I found this website interesting in that it explains a variety of different types of feminism.  It gives a brief description of the many meanings of feminism and the author is tries to illustrate “that not all feminism falls under the ball-breaking reverse-double-standard militant stereotype that is so prevalent today.”

- G24, Lagondino - Outline 1

This article is written by a woman named Hara Estroff Marano who discusses the differences between men and women cognitively.

- G24, Kanemura - Outline 2

This website gives the top reasons why husbands and wives cheat. Reasons why men cheat include more sex and to satisfy a sexual curiosity. Reasons why women cheat include for emotional closeness and intimacy and a desire to feel "special".

- G25, Delapena - Outline 10

This website talks about how woman should just accept their man who he is. It claims that a man's most fundamental need in marriage is for his wife to accept him and not try to change him. It gives several reasons why trying changing him won't work.

- G25, Delapena - Outline 10

This website explains a study performed by two psychologists in regards to why women become more depressed than men do. "Social conditions and personality characteristics contribute to the gender differences in depressive symptoms." Some factors included great loads of housework and childcare.

- G25, Delapena - Outline 2

This website talks about a survey conducted on 21,000 people on their activities during an average day last year.Ý Results found that employed women do an hour more per day of housework than employed men.Ý Also, men found more leisure time in their day (5.4 hours) than women (4.8 hours).

- G25, Delapena - Outline 2

This website describes a study that was conduced in regards to why women feel more in a hurry than men.Ý One factor was increased workload of paid work, household chores, childcare, and personal tasks.Ý Another factor was that women feel that they are the ones responsible for the housework and childcare.

- G25, Delapena - Outline 2

This website talks about men who are sexually coerced by women.Ý Women are most likely to use psychological pressure such as pleading, emotional blackmail, and deception.Ý A study revealed that men who are very upset by an incident of female sexual coercion are likely to experience subsequent distrust and wariness around women and to have relationship difficulties.

- G25, Delapena - Outline 3

This website talks about why women don't want to have sex.Ý One reason included disagreeing with one's mate.Ý Conflicting feelings can lead one not to want to have sex.Ý Lack of sleep and stress were also other reasons.

- G25, Delapena - Outline 3

This website is based on an interview with Dr. Laraine Zappert. She wrote a book called Getting It Right: How Working Mothers Successfully Take Up the Challenge of Life, Family, and Career. In her book, she offers advice on how mothers can be successful in balancing a family and a career altogether. Dr. Zappert claims that both working mothers and stay-at-home moms suffer from guilt associated with their decisions about careers.

- G25, Delapena - Outline 9

This article is a good example of how marriages are viewed by society today, the differentiation between men and women, and what their specific roles are. It states how men and women are equal today in relationships, but if their occupational or economic status is equal as well, it will cause problems in identity roles in their relationship. Intimacy is also discussed as an important part of obtaining a stable marriage.

- G25, Fields - Outline 1

The main point that is made in this article is that, basically, women who have earned a higher economic status than men, will have a decrease in chance on getting married. This shows a poor example of how reciprocity is viewed in relationships today in society. Men who cannot get over this will never be able to use the Unity Model of Marriage. Both men and women must be different in order to achieve unity, but that does not mean that a woman cannot make more than her man. I think that is ridiculious. Both husband and wife need to support each other and work as a team in order to reach unity, even if that means the wife makes more money.

- G25, Fields - Outline 1

This website discusses equality in relationships, but I found it interesting because it also emphasizes at the same time how men and women are not equal. It shows differentiation between a man and a woman and how they are reciprocal to each other, indicating that a man and woman cannot be equal. I liked a statement in this article where it said, “ Looking for constant equality in a relationship tends to limit one’s focus to the immediate situation.” This reminded me of my own relationship right now. Numerous times I will keep thinking of a particular situation and ONLY think of that until I know each of us have done our equal share. Which, now, I think is ridiculous because I know I could have been focusing on more important issues in my life. If a couple can get beyond this step, it will bring them towards the Unity Model, which follows directly after the Equity Model.

- G25, Fields - Outline 2

There are two questions that I want to address that I found on this page. The one is, “Isn’t it my responsibility to make my partner happy?” The answer here was NO!! How is it not your job to make the person you love happy? Wouldn’t a person WANT to make their significant other happy? I was very shocked by this answer. In the Unity Model, the husband needs to always be doing what the woman wants and needs, and when this is accomplished, there would not even be a question of her being happy or not. Reaching the affective level in the Unity Model is far beyond making a woman happy. It is actually the utmost happiness two people can reach here on earth. The second question was, “ Sometimes I know what’s best for my partner… Isn’t it my job to take care of them?” Once again, the answer was no!? I do not agree with whomever is giving these answers, but once a couple is married, especially if they are in the Unity Model, the husband and wife should be dependent on one another for almost everything. Once the couple has reached that conjoining union, they are one mind in two separate bodies. One cannot function or live with out the other, or at least it is very difficult to do. So, of course, the couple should take care of each other. Plus, why wouldn’t a couple WANT to take care of the person they love?

- G25, Fields - Outline 6

I chose this website because I thought it would be interesting to focus on what a wife should do in a marriage as well as the husband since usually in class our main focus is towards the man. This website gives ten commandments for both the husband and the wife. Within the lists, each of them had one commandment that stood out for me. For the men’s it was, “Thou shalt hold thy wife’s love by the same means that thou won it.” That one caught my attention right away because I just previously read in the lecture notes how a man will treat a woman wonderfully when they first begin dating, to show the girl what a nice guy he is, and then once they are married or together for awhile, most men do not continue treating their woman that way. The one that stood out to me for the women’s was, “Thou shalt not nag… hit him with thine frying pan, it is kindlier.” I actually thought that was quite amusing, but it is true. If women do “nag” and let the man get away with something they do not like, men will continue to do the same thing over and over again, and will never change. Women need to let them know it bothers them immediately after they did something they don’t like. And if that means they need to hit them with a frying pan to get their attention, then that is what they need to do in order to get their man to listen.

- G25, Fields - Outline 6

This article discusses the emotional, physical, and sexual differences between a man and a woman. I would like to focus on the following statements from this website, “Do you realize that your wife's natural ability for developing relationships can help you fulfill the two greatest commandments taught by Christ—loving God and loving others (Matt 22:36-40)? Jesus said that if we obey these two commandments, we are fulfilling all the commandments. Think of it! Your wife has the God-given drive and ability to help you build meaningful relationships in both these areas.” This is directly geared to focus towards the Unity Model of marriage. I never really thought of a man listening to his wife as a way to fulfill ALL commandments, but now that I think of it, it is clearly true that this would occur. I think it is so intriguing how God created men and women in this way. And the funny thing about life today, is that almost everyone thinks it is the other way around. MEN are the ones who guide women… because of the dominance role men have in society today.

- G25, Fields - Outline 7

This link discusses a few different marriage books, including “The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands”, the author’s (Sarah Smith) opinion of each book, and then she gave her definition of what “Frump Syndrome” is. The symptoms she included in this concept are not shaving legs and wearing jogging bottoms around the house, which is very similar to Dr. Laura’s definition. One line I read out of this article really found a way to upset me. These few lines said, “Complaining is out. No matter what he has done, you are most certainly not allowed to complain about it. Complaining attacks a man’s ego. Female nagging is, in fact, ‘gender abuse’.” She actually read this out of Dr. Laura’s book. Complaining attacks a man’s ego and nagging is gender abuse? What? I just don’t understand HOW women can believe this or go along with that for that matter. I just think that is so wrong that men con women into believing this. Obviously, women would not complain or nag in the first place if men would just try and please a woman or just do what they ask. One would think a man would realize that MAYBE if his wife or girlfriend is complaining or nagging so much, that there is a good reason for it, and they should probably listen to their girl. I don’t think women out there enjoy to complain just for the joy of complaining. I really disagree with those comments.

- G25, Fields - Outline 8

This article discusses the issue of whether or not a woman should change or not after she gets married… weight wise. There’s the one side where woman should not give a false image of looking perfect, trying to attract her partner to be with her, and then changing everything once the two are married. The other side says there should not be an issue because all people do change eventually. Everyone is bound to gain some weight later in life, grow gray/white hairs, form wrinkles, etc. Basically this side is saying that no matter what the significant other looks like, it should not matter because they love them for who they are. I want to agree with this second side. I do believe that it would be difficult to go from a drastic change in appearance (ex. Gaining a great amount of weight out of no where after being married), but I don’t think this should change how a person cares for the other or change the love for the other. If anything, I think that if this is a problem and one wants the other to go back in appearance to how they used to be, they should say something to them, but in a way that would not make the other feel bad. This would never be an issue in the Unity Model because no matter what happens to the wife with her outer appearance, her husband is still going to love her unconditionally all the way into eternity.

- G25, Fields - Outline 8

I chose this site because it tells you why your mate may not help you. It gives statistics, to let you know that you are not the only one life this. And it gives you tips on how to get your mate to help out around the house.

- G25, Georgeo - Outline 1

I like this site because it is new and done by BYU, so it is college students and professors alike doing research on couples who are becoming parents and still trying to uphold their marriage together. It was very interesting reading through the few sections that they already have up.

- G25, Georgeo - Outline 3

I loved this site, Marriage Missions, it was really wonderful to read through some of the topics and see that I am like some of these people, and if you are married, you may feel the same way. They have any topic you could possible think of, from pre-marriage to the after effects of a divorce. Family issues you may have to deal with or issues with your spouse it is all in here, although, they do come from a Christian point of view so if you have different views of that, you may want to stay awayfrom this site.

- G25, Georgeo - Outline 3

By going to this website and reading the tips that Marty Friedman gives the women reading this website. I say women because he directs it towards women and how they should handle their husbands/boyfriends with doing the household chores and other such things in their relationship.

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This article talks about how women who are portrayed as sex symbols on posters are trying to counter the typical thought people have about seeing them on.

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This article explains how the word Feminism has slowly been looked at as being a bad thing. Feminism is blamed for why men are no longer respectful and chivalrous. It is also blamed for why men donÕt take responsibility for children born out of wedlock. Is it really feminism that has destroyed these things, or is it merely that we have a much longer road to travel as feminists? Another problem stems from how feminism is changing among the generations. The old school feminists believe different things from the newer generationÕs beliefs. In this article, the author points out specific battles that brought out heavy tensions among feminist supporters including the debate on pornography and its effects on female psychological state.

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In the previous years, each person had defined roles and duties in becoming a man or becoming a woman. Men were expected to go to School, get a job, get married and have children all in this order. Females were to move from financial dependence on men to financial dependence on their husbands. However, times have changed and now roles are changing too. It is rare to see anyone follow these roles specifically and there are some who defy the roles altogether. This author suggests that it is the changing roles that have influenced how people choose to grow up. She also suggests that men who are in their 30s and are still living at home are not necessarily childish, but rather they are selfish. The change in roles has affected how we perceive individuals.

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This article is talking about how hip hop music degrade women and treat women as sex symbols. She says this is especially true of black women. She also says that even though we choose what we believe in and how we act, she still feels that these lyrics should be stopped. I agree with her that degrading music is bad and should be stopped. I also think it’s terrible that men exploit women in this way and portray women as sex object. I think this can have a serious effect on society and it should be stopped.

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This was a CNN article on degrading music. It talked about a group of college students who are trying to put a stop to degrading lyrics. They also feel that artist target black women, so they are trying to make a point to young people that this is not ok. I am happy to see that people are starting to take action against artists who portray women in a negative way. I am really glad that women are starting to come out and speak for their rights.

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This link explains uses the biology to explain the behaviors between men and women. David Powell, Ph.D explains that men have emotions and are not clueless about their feelings. He also explains the brain concept from women, "He only has half a brain."

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