How to Train a Husband

You have got to be kidding me...... Any woose of a husband that would actually fall for this is a dunce. Nice book Amy. Try getting to know your spouce first, then decide if you want to marry him for who he is, or find another potential husband! What a JOKE!

This book is insulting and condescending beyond belief to men. I agree with jazzyjenny02: relationships are about respect and understanding. Amy Sutherland has been reading to much Dr. Laura Schlessenger, who believes men are "simple creatures". ( See The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, etc. and other diatribes) I guess Amy just wants a weak man who will roll over or catch the fish she throws him for whatever sporadic benefits she can offer. This is likely because she can't get a real man with any kind of spine who won't put up with her b.s. This book is disgusting. Any woman who reads it and believes what it has to say is living in a American woman fantasy land, and likely has read " The Rules" and believes that b.s. too. Stick to tossing fish to Shamu at Seaworld, and the men of America will thank you. Signed, a real man.

Oh my, everyone seems to be very upset over the idea of using simple behavioral modification techniques on other people. Did it ever occur to any of you that your supervisors at work use the same techniques? What about your peers? The government? Or how about your parents? Everyone uses this model in training children. This is not treating others like animals. It's the same method that every civilized person in authority uses to teach others what is expected of them and there is no reason for anyone to get all huffy about it.

As a feminist who believes in equal rights without insisting that women be the same as men, I can't believe how up in arms people get over these things. Women are different than men, physically, psychologically, emotionally. That doesn't mean they aren't people. Frankly, you men who seem to be assigning attitudes and behaviors to women in general must have had some bad experiences that you are projecting on everyone else that has the same body parts. Each individual woman is just as unique as each individual man, and it's unfair to assume that we are all alike based on your limited experience regardless of how negative that experience was. And sadly, manos69, we can't "make up our minds" because we don't have a collective mind. We each have our own personalities, opinions, and attitudes based on our personal experience of life. Some women like a man who is sensitive and lives to please. Some women like a man who acts like a neanderthal and treats her like a piece of meat. It's all individual and unique to the circumstances of the woman, and you can't expect us all to act or react in the same way.

There needs to be no book on how to train women, YES GOD FORBID THAT HAPPENING, BECAUSE THAT WOULD SET WOMEN BACK 60 + YEARS YOU MORONS!!! IF MEN WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD WOMEN "PLAY A ROLE" (EX. JUNE CLEAVER) THEN MAYBE WE WOULDN'T FEEL SO COMPELLED TO MAKE SURE YOU (MEN) KNOW THAT WE ARE STRONG AND DONT NEED YOU!

I live with a girlfriend who trained me well. She makes more money than I do and works less hours than I. I make worse money and work longer hours. Still i come home, cook, clean, do dishes, laundry, clean bathroom and give her a daily massage. She decorates and owns most of the territory on the apt. She left me a little area in the corner with a doggie bed in the corner where i sleep. She even goes out late all the time leaving me wondering. She once brought a guy home and made me watch.
I love it. I enjoy being a submissive male. She enjoys using me. Get used to it guys, girls own the world now! ENJOY!

Why are so many people offended by the thought of something that works for an animal will work for a human? As if we are so superior that nothing can be compared to our furry little friends. Please people, we are just mammals and our brains and bodies work very much the same. This type of psychological training and conditioning is just as effective on us. Actually more so imo...

If everything was reversed, and the title of this story read:
"How to Train a Dog.
Want an obedient dog? A new book says you should coach them like people."
Do you think these people would be offended?

chicks86: Yes, woman should get hired because of her skills. Also, woman should get paid equal in jobs and deserve equal respect as men. I've always been a proponent of that. But, women are not men and men are not women. By nature, men and women are very different. Therefore, my point is that many spoiled brat American women percieve feminism as an outlet to unload on men just because they have infuriority complexes, insecurities, and inadequacies. They would prefer to be the king of the house, instead of the queen. They would prefer to have all the luxuries of tradition when it benefits them, but when they are asked to do something traditional they run with their tales between their legs. And yes, women are opportunists and take advantage of many things in the work world, especially kissing a-- and being around the higher up all the time. I've seen it tons of times. I don't blame women for taking money from men at strip clubs because if men are going to be that stupid to give these sluts attention and money then they deserve to lose their money. I also have no trouble sleeping with women and moving on because women ask for it. Those very same women who cry that they got their hearts broken would act much differently if I actually fell in love with them. The challenge would be over and they wouldn't be into it anymore. So for all the immature spoiled American women who think men are dogs that you can train. Think again. Men who sleep with women and move on are smart and women have created this. I will say, however, that I have found a great women that I am very loyal to. But she is also from another country and understands the differences between men and women. She is modern and educated, but also has a grasp on tradition and old-fashioned values. She is not turned off with me wanting to be the man, she is turned on by it and would have it no other way.

You know this "Pavlov's dog" method, as stated, is nothing more than learning to compromise, which is what all long-term married couples do. Divorced couples never learn how to compromise. By using a different and more pleasant method to elicit a change in his behavior, rather than nagging, she changed her own behavior first. This is compromise not animal training. Her husband is not a dog.

I knew I had heard of this concept years ago. Did you watch the movice If a Man Answers with Sandra Dee from 1962. It is the very same idea. Nice plagiarism.