Author Caitlin Flanagan has written a book for the stay-at-home-mother-with-a-nanny set. It is called To Hell With All That. It’s about time, you might say. After all, we have all been assuming up to now that the nanny set were all out pursuing high-powered careers.
But Flanagan got in trouble with the feminists, so marriage advocate Maggie Gallagher decided to interview her. Flanagan is really a liberal, you see, except that
"I have one conservative standpoint," says Flanagan. "I really have traditional emotions about having a full-time, at-home parent, be it mom or dad. For that, the left has excoriated me, humiliated me, called me names in print - one of which I had to look up."
Welcome to the club, honey. But what has really got her into trouble is promoting the idea that women should be nice to men.
"Try just doing something nice for your husband. Set the table, cook something you know he loves and see what happens."
You see men are not what you think.
"Men really want to help women. Yes, there are bad men in the world. Avoid them. Most of them show their stripes very early."
Actually, men want peace in the house and they are prepared to put up with quite a lot to get it. Men the world over live with the truth that if She is happy, everyone is happy. But if She is not happy then nobody is happy.
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