The following is from the actual "What Every Good Woman Should Do." A High School Home Economics Textbook.

1. Have dinner ready: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have
a delicious meal - on time. This is a way of letting him know
that you have been thinking about him, and are concerned about
his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the
prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.

2. Prepare yourself: Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be
refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon
in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot
of work-weary people. Be a little happy and a little more
interesting. His boring day may need a lift.

3. Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main
part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering
up school books, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over
the tables. Your man will feel he has reached a haven of
rest and order, and it will give you a lift too.

4. Prepare the children: Take a few minutes to wash the children's
hands and faces if they are small, comb their hair and if
necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and
he would like to see them playing the part.

5. Minimize the noise: At the time of his arrival, eliminate all
noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher, or vacuum. Try to encourage
the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with
a warm smile.

6. Some DON'TS: Don't greet him with problems or complaints.
Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as minor
compared with what he might have gone through that day.

7. Make him comfortable: Have him lean back in a comfortable chair
or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm
drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off
his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice.
Allow him to relax and unwind.

8. Listen to him: You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the
moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.

9. Make the evening his: Never complain if he does not take you
out to dinner or to other places of entertainment; instead try
to understand his world of strain and pressure and his need to
be home and relax.

10. The Goal: try to make your home a place of peace and order
where your man can relax.


I know for a fact that most southern women were brought up this way, northern women not so much.
It is the man's role to go to work to provide for the needs of the home.
It is the woman's role to provide for her man's needs at home.
The question is what happened ?
Where are the age 40 and under women that still believe in this ?
This is the way that I was raised. This is what I believe in. This is probably the reason that in my early 40's now that I am still single.

No. You still do not know it "for a fact." You know what was supposedly taught on a military base on which you lived until you were 11. You know, still a child, and like any child, not really aware of what adults were doing or why they were doing it, unless it related directly to you. And even then it was filtered through your child eyes.


Oh, and home economics courses have been electives for far longer than what you think, at least in non-military schools. (Did you have many girls in military school?) They're not so much called that any more, and are taken equally by boys and girls.

i saw this book one day at goodwill. It was written in the 50's. We don't live in the 50's times have changed.

?? I Have to say I agree with this I dont see anything wrong other than the fact that a lil consideration should be given as to how many nights that meal should be ready especially since more than likely she works too me personally I'd say NO LESS than 4 nights a week they say happy wife happy life, give him a reason to want to keep u happy......

@ lake:

This is so damn funny....

When I read this thread I understood it EXACTLY the way you said it should be for both. But the book was explaining what a good "woman" does, what a good WOMAN does.

That DID NOT MEAN that the man does nothings. It does mean the man can't fluff her pillow, cook for her and the kids sometimes, fix her a glass of tea, rub her feet, bring flowers home to show his appreciation, some chocolates, take weekend getaways, give her some quiet time, listen to her when she's burdened, pick up after her, care for her when she's sick and look after the kids and rub her back.

Never did it say the CAN'T, SHOULDN'T or NEVER do those things for his lady so....

WHY THE HELL DO WOMEN INSIST ON ASSUMING ITS BEING IMPLIED THAT A MAN SHOULD DO NOTHING WHEN DISCUSSING HER ROLE? Why?

That says a lot about how todays woman think.

The book also should have said, every good woman do all of this, and the man still cheats

I did all that when i was married....
My kids are grown....
Im by myself now.
Ask yourself....am i still doing what a man or father has done or is doing?

If your answer is no...then thats your problem.
Its a two way street.

Also....the way things are nowadays is not how they use to be.

A woman's "lot" in life is not to do such outlandish things to keep her man.

This is 2015. We are equal. If he cooks dinner, cleans, massages my back, that's a good man. Its mutual respect. I would do the same for him BC I love and respect him. Not BC its my place to do those things.

There is data that shows that the divorce rate is higher now than in the past. There are more broken families and children growing up with single parents than in the past.

Yes ma'am. This is our future. This is 2015. We are equal. Good point.

Must have been written in the sstone age

Does that make it any LESS viable, any LESS true?

Is something only good BASED ON WHEN it was written? Is the truth based on WHEN it was told?

"Thou Shall Not Kill" How long ago was this written? Is it BULLSHIT bcuz it was written so ling ago? Is it ok for me to kill whoever I please bcuz it was written so long ago?

Please shut up with that "stone age" bullshit. Use the brain God gave you. Stop worship society my friend.

So you discovered that there are no good women out there with ethics, morals, dedications, and constructive lifestyles sarge. I knew that. The unhappy, destructive, vanity fad, and fashion keeping up with the Jones driven selfish vaginal aptitude lifestyle is in these days. Maybe someday women will put a value on themselves as an individual, and their dedications, and accomplishments instead of their vagina, and their dilusional selfishness, and their unaccountability for any, and all of their actions, and behaviors. Their desire for perpetual drama, and permanent unhappiness intrigues me. The angry bitter troll with breasts doesn't attract me.

Ok so according to you I am a loud mouth and I am whining just because I have presented a topic and made some valid counterpoints when challenged on my position ? Wow.

That is most unfortunate for me then.

So get extra jobs elsewhere on your days off. You aren't working hard enough, or you would have so much money that your woman would not have to work, too. If she works because she has to, it is your fault for not earning enough on your own. If she is to not work, so she can stay home, and have dinner ready for you when you walk in, then you'll have to trim a few expenses to manage on your feeble income. So: no new cars, no cable / satellite TV service, no big screen TV, no nights out with the guys, only one beer per week, no movies, no dinners out, no vacations, no sports bets, no concerts, no tickets for sporting events, etc....until you start earning like A Real Man.

Ok so we are going with television shows now. Did Florida Evans ever question James after he had his say no. Did Edith ever question Archie after he had his say ? That was the 70's. This getting away from home economics did not really come on full force until the middle to late 1980's andeven then only to a certain extent.

Perfect. Totally on point. Thank you sir.