How to Train a Husband

This is the plot of "If a Man Answers," a movie from the 60s starring Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin.

my ex wife believed in the same mindless ideology... thats how she became an ex wife.
The ideas presented in the article are ridiculous and insulting at the same time! I cant believe newsweek would be so insensitive.

My Ex-wife subscribed to this mindless ideology.
Thats how she became an ex wife!
ridiculous and insulting all at the same time.

Pity this woman's poor husband! How pathetic to have to live with a person who actually thinks these concepts have any merit - even if it all was an attempt at (inappropriate) humor. Echh!

Did anyone else here have to read "The Taming of the Shrew" in high school English? Varying interpretations, aside, does anyone remember how offensive the idea of treating women like animals was, and is?
Women have spent centuries trying to avoid being treated like animals. We have fought to be treated as the human beings that we are. It is disgusting that there is now some idea of "training" men as one would train an animal. It's just as offensive whichever sex is doing it to the other. Equality is a two-way street.

It's very possible for married couples do this openly and not try little tricks. My wife was a complete slob before we met up until we got married. All it took to change things was calm discussions about how I enjoyed a cleaner, less cluttered home. She agreed it was nicer that way and makes a conscious effort to to that.

She preferred me to do some things differently too and I tried my best to appease her as well.

The author of the book is a little absurd with all the "training" nonsense. But, I suppose if that works for them, go for it.

How about if we talk to each other and treat each other as the spiritual being s that we are rather than treat each other animals the way materialist philosophies would have us believe. Men, women and children are NOT animals and even animals respond better if one appeals to their natural instincts and intelligence rather than trying to force them into a mould with "operant conditioning". Operant conditioning was invented by the psychologist B.F. Skinner who kept his own daughter locked up in a box for the first three years of her life! This is the attitude of the schools of Psychology and Psychiatry: We are just another animal. They believe this to the extent that they would treat even their own children like laboratory rats and they would have us do this same. The sort of attitudes as presented by such people and these sorts of books is materialist, non-spiritual and dehumanizing.

This is just sick. Would Newsweek write an article about a book saying to treat your wife like a dog and be happier? Why is it ok to say this about men, but not women?

This is disturbing. I wonder if women will start using this technique in the office place. Women really ARE manipulative beoches.

I think that it would be a good idea??? for a dog! We should not be treating men by offering them treats if they do something right and not if they do something wrong. Not every man in the world are as simple minded as Amy Sutherland???s husband. I have to admit some of these ideas are good and would work for mothers and their children but I don???t think men should be treated as animals. Now I am a girl my self and I would like my dad to help more around the house when all of us have to clean it up before my mom gets home. I would like him to actually do more work rather than sit around and watch football all day but I would not retreat to ???teaching??? him like I would do a dog. I think that my mom would agree and since my dad actually has some common sense, as most guys do, he can take a hint when we are all cleaning and my mom is on her way home. I think that men can be told what to do some times to. And just because the are the ???man of the house??? does not mean that they don???t have to do anything. I think, I hope that most men know that. Therefore, my opinion on this is that men should not be trained like dogs, but they should not always be told what to do every time either. They are bound to figure out when they are needed to help and when to stop complaining sometime. You just cannot force them to learn things but you can help them. I do agree with the chips before supper though.

Like a lot of women, she perpetuates the idea that it is okay to be manipulative, conniving and dishonest with your mate and with men in general. So much for honestly and mutual respect in a relationship, not to mention integrity in general. I see so much garbage on the Internet encouraging this type of behavior. Women actually read this stuff and believe it. It???s no wonder that marriages do not last anymore and have become basically meaningless. Way to go!

I cannot impress upon you how offended I am by this piece. One more example of "Men bad - women good". If this article suggested training women the way in which it suggests training men, there would be a mob at your doorstop with torches and pitchfolks gunning for the Editor's hide!

Simply put, relationships often fail because women either expect too much, or foolishly think they can train their husband as they would their own child. Any woman who would try such a thing with me is PROMPTLY shown the door.

This is more elitist moonshine eminating from those living in concrete canyons that have too much damned time on their hands. Unlike lower orders,such as certain invertibrates,most non-societal insects,and a few lizards tossed in for good measure,Man has the unique capaibility of the self-teaching of disciplines that will garner both self and outside respect that need not rely on things as base as ''how-to''tomes and screeds.
I can rope,ride and shoot better than any celluloid Randolph Scott. The wood I chop keeps a warm home,the work performed with a worn hand increases our financial lot in life,and yet I can iron trousers and shirts better than most dry cleaners,prepare meals that even a apolplectic Chef Ramsey[Hells Kitchen],would find favour with,know the differance between coloured and whites cycles in the washing machine,fix all things electrical,auto,plumbing,and carpentry,seek greater knowlage within the pages of a Sartre,a Shakespere,a Plutarch,or a Baldwins works,and yet find the capacity to explore the desire I have for the greatest gift that any deity or action of universe ever bestowed upon mankind with all of the mysteries yet undiscovered,that of woman,of whom I have never struck in anger,abused through hurtful word,or cheated upon. I thus need no assistances in canine-like ''obediance'',nor do I require an ''S&M''quality to shared works,shared travails,or shared love.

In another day and age, this would be borderline humorous -- something from a vaudeville routine or a '50s TV show. But today, despite claims of "parity" and "equality," men are truly the last group that's OK to belittle and denigrate for laughs. Just sample any sitcom or talk show on the air today. A man wouldn't dare write a book of the opposite POV for fear of the all-too-predictable feminist backlash. Sad, but "two wrongs" still "don't make a right." All the women who believe in true "equality", yet endorse the offensive premise of this book, should consult their dictionary and look up the definition of "hypocrisy," aka, "double set of standards" While you're at it, check also the definition of "misandry." Obviously, it's OK to be a female chauvinist today and treat men like animals and pets. Hmmmmmm....I seem to recall a movement in the not-tto-distant past that sought true equality between the sexes and railed against such demeaning stereotypes of women. How times truly have changed ....

Calm down people. This stuff is hilarious. Wouldn't it be great to have a wife who tells you everything you do right rather than nagging you on everything you do wrong. It's not about being manipulative, it's about being positive, which for anyone who has tried, works well. How does the saying go, "you can catch more bees with sugar than s**t. I can't wait to read "how to train a b**th" either. Seriously you should cash in on that one.

This is hilarious. And people calm down, If you read the whole article, it states this works both ways. Don't look at it as demeaning. Think of who nice it would be to have a wife that told you all the things you did right, rather than everything you did wrong. That is all this article is telling you to do. I would love to read "How to Train a B**ch" as well. You should cash in on that one. Something tells me this is going to be big.

I am eagerly waiting to read the book "How to train a b**ch". And also see how women react when that book is published.

This is ridiculous. Men are not pets or fashion accessories to be switched out or changed according to mood. The women in power, 40+ cannot stand men being men. They have spent their lives trying to change them--their habits, their friends, their hobbies. I am 27 and happily married. I have been with my husband for 7 years. We have one child. He works hard, provides for his family and leaves his socks on the floor. Why should I try to change him--why not look at myself first and ask why it bothers my so? Women, I have noticed this among my friends as well as my mother's friends, will aim that fix-it ray gun at anyone except for themselves. It's disgusting. As for using sex at work--fine let it fly but let men do the same thing.