...educated folks laugh up their sleeves and call these places Bridal Colleges - post-graduate, church-approved, diploma-conferring dating services that prepare men to be pastors and women to... well... be their wives.... Not a very gracious stereotype, to be sure, but one that seems to have been validated on countless occasions.

I never dreamt that one of these places would actually take that role seriously - I guess they didn't get the joke...

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Home Economics is a valuable field of study--everyone should have to learn about nutrition and meal planning (it's called life skills!) and in my youth, gasp, every girl had to take it in the seventh grade, yes, even here in the capital of political correctness. However, I must say, I'm a little confused about the biblical role of the family. Is that polygamy???

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...that although I am not currently enrolled, I have the tools and the know-how to make a casserole that--even though I wasn't aware of it until this very moment--can SAVE THE WORLD!

Now, if everybody would just join me in the dedicated re-assumption of the missionary position ONLY, then this nation will truly be well on its way to a glorious return of its former resplendence.

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If I was a womanising narcistic control freak with a million skeletons in my closet or a self loathing homosexual aiming for a career in the G.O.P I now know where I would head to find my future wife.

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Patterson is known in Southern Baptist circles for issuing a statement saying that women shouldn't be pastors and that they should "graciously submit" to their husbands.

What if this "biblical husband" is the one who wants to submit? How would that go?

WHACK!! Lick my boot, slave!

Hmm, is there a course for that sort of thing?

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Mary Magdalene was all that submissive...or that Jesus wanted her to be.

plur

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Its nothing *new*: Its hard to be the Social Face of a Corporatized Executive Family Entity... its not all about getting your kids into the right classes, private schools & keeping your figure...

There was a time when women had to figure out all this complexity on their own or from a conniving Mother Figure...

Marie Antoinette...

The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Isabella Mary Beeton
"Edwardian Life: Introduction - The Edwardian Era (1901-1919)"

The Edwardian era corresponds to the reign of King Edward VII in Great Britain, whose short-lived governance (1901-1910) followed Victoria's long reign and preceded the modern House of Windsor in England. The "Edwardian" style broadly encompasses the years of 1901 through to 1919.

The beginning of the Twentieth Century experienced tremendous technological and social change. The wonders of the modern world, which had only sprang into being in the 1880s and 1890's brought the first rewards of modern industrialization and mass-produced abundance. It was a time where Britain was at its imperial height and one in three of the world's population were her subjects. On the other side of the Atlantic, Americans were experiencing new-found wealth and indulging in cuisine, fashion, entertainment and travel as never before. Perhaps the Edwardian era was best captured in the Titanic, the grand ocean liner which embodied human progress, opulence, and the excesses of the time.

The Edwardian era is viewed nostalgically and often called the "Gilded Age". In Britain, it was a time of peace: sandwiched between the Boer War (1899-1902) and the First World War which broke out in 1914. In the words of Samuel Hynes, it was a 'leisurely time when women wore picture hats and did not vote, when the rich were not ashamed to live conspicuously, and the sun really never set on the British flag'. It was also a time of great inequality, in which the privileges of the rich were made possible by the labour of their servants, an age when the inequalities of wealth and poverty were starkly delineated and the conventions of class were still rigidly defined - there was a place for everyone and everyone knew their place."
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Regency Period: "Northanger Abbey" Jane Austin
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Middle Class... The 1900 House...

so modern values would suggest that the Modern Trophy Wife of a CEO or Senior Executive could be described best as providing a sound fundamental ButlerClass Manor House Management & Social Calendar Salving

the MODERN "M.R.S. Degree!!". ..

-Keeping 'Undocumented Workers' 101
-Starting Charities in Your Children's Names
-Creative Charity Contributions: "I'll sign a cheque for that Charity Fundraiser, she's my Sister-in-Law's Daughter"
-Keeping a Palpable Social Presence in your Clubs in multiple residences
-Spa Etiquette
-choice of:
---Urban Parking a Hummer or sportscar, or
---"Cellphones with Gel Overlays & Bling Management"

-Ignoring signs your spouse isn't *entirely* hetero...
-Identifying signs you need cosmetic surgery
-Restraining all signs of panic when the Feds raids the country home
- ...holding one's head up in Church...
-Better Living Through Pharmaceuticals...
-maintaining an Oblivious 'yet socially apt' Demeanor...

the courses are endless...

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There's an old joke : What's a man's definition of a wife?

A wife is an appliance you screw on the bed that does the housework for you.

This whole program sounds like it was designed by the guy who wrote the joke, only he was serious.
If women want to participate in such a mind set, who cares? I was a young woman in the 50s and that is the way women were treated. Obviously it didn't work for us and we changed it over time.
If women need to experience ' retro' womanhood, let them suffer, or servitude may be what they want. We have more choices than that now and that makes all the difference.

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Read the articles by Betty Bowers for the latest in Right Thinking for Women. And dont miss the White House Ministry. All things for TRUE CHRISTIANS

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Women worked HARD in Bible days. In fact, in Proverbs, where the ideal wife is described, she goes out and makes money for the family. Of course, she also does every other little thing. Once again, some people don't know how to distinguish their own culture from God's will.

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...........I'm a woman-hating, selfish, narcissistic, gun-loving, right-wing, antiabortion control freak who insists that my every need, no matter how trivial, be satisfied by my slave-wives, all 23 of them, who are required to wash, iron, clean, feed the babies, earn the money, mow, fix, fuck, and suck whenever and however I want. If I can't rule the world I can at least rule this household with an iron fist, delivering death to those who disobey or oppose me. And, of course, I LOVE the school where I learned all this, where women are taught to obey unconditionally. Thank you, God, for not making me a woman.
Yo, all you conservative imbeciles (but I repeat myself) this is intended to be satire.

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I totally agree with the posters who remarked about learning "home economics" in school. I think we ALL (male & female) need to learn how to care for and feed ourselves. I wish cooking was still taught in high school, as well as how to do minimal sewing, write a check, wire a lamp, hammer a nail, use a saw, some basic plumbing, how to change the oil & plugs in your car, basic gardening, caring for animals, and so forth - all practical things that would make a great deal of difference in most people's lives. Kids wouldn't have to be graded on the courses, just given the opportunity to learn the basics of living.

To me, food means, literally, life (and love). Eating out, or having take-out, or eating out of cans or packages means eating stuff that certainly wasn't made with love, and I believe the cells in our body know that in a deep sense. Could that be part of the chronic illness some people have?

It's a shame some "life skills" are associated with bible-thumping. And SUBMISSION (horrors!!!). What an awful word. Makes me think of slavery.

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Reference:
The Manipulated Man - Ms. Dr. Ester Vilar, MD
Women manipulate men by being "unable" to earn money. Ester
Vilar says the top "slaves" rule their "masters." The article is
about female chauvenism more than male chauvenism. Women
who major in "Home Ec" or English Lit or other useless subjects
are really husband hunting with the intent of marrying money and
never having to work. They see men as Security Objects rather
than as people. Did you ever try to get a Becky Home Eckey to
change her major to engineering? It just doesn't work.

Don't marry a Becky Home Eckey unless you would rather play
the role of a husband rather than have a genuine personal
relationship. If I wanted to play roles, I would have majored in
Drama. If you want to be a polygamist, beware: gunpowder has
been invented. It would be well worth it to some young single
dude to kill you in order to become a father. Polygamy is a 400
Million year old tradition among us chordates. We all have the
instincts for polygamy. The Democrats keep trying to dis-invent
gunpowder. Guess why.

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This American, Western, culture take the man, husband, boy out of the home and into the outside paid work place. In many countries, as are our high paid restaurants w/ high paid chefs, males have a very active if not equal part in Home Economics.

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