Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-10 | Page 1 | Half of Married Women Unhappily Mated, Survey Made by Physician Shows

I I Half of Married Women Unhappily Mated Survey Made by Physician Shows I By HOWARD W W. BLAKESLEE BLAKESL E PHILADELPHIA rA June 10 Associated An Press An analysis of f happiness in the married life Ufe of 1000 cultured American women based on data obtained from personal physicians was presented at the American Medical association meeting today J jI j I t I It showed that girlhood experiences expert expert- taboos and training often oten thwart or destroy capacity for marital marital mari man tal tat happiness and that about half of the typical wives in this group are unhappily mated The re report report report re- re port was made by Dr Robert L. L Dickinson Dick Dick- inson M. M D. D Do of New York City CULTURAL TYPE These 1000 he said were what may be called the c cultural American type They were urban of good family family fam fam- ily background and education Married Married Mar Mar- ried ned to professional men of moderate Income each with one or two chil children dren they were considered s socially l ll normal in the ordinary relationships of work and life UIe They had an average of children children chil chil- dren per women The typical woman had her first child chUd at the age of ot about 26 and wanted more When the widows the divorced and the he recently wed were excluded r remained as typical topical wives Answers to questions ab about ut happl ness were distributed about 50 Three hundred and sixty five made mJ madeno no complaints 30 sometimes answer answered an an- d yes and sometimes no said definitely that they were dis dis- dis satisfied As causes of at unhappiness Dr Dickinson found that complaints about relatives money work management management management man man- of children and the home were usually secondary Among the dissatisfied he found In many In Instances Instances instances in- in stances evidence of ot some shock In childhood related to the sex side of life Ufe The effect of extensive Continued on Paie Pase Two IWO HALF OF M MARRIED WOMEN Continued Iron from Page Face One lonal and religious training he said ald is is 15 to Intensify the cultural taboos of f tear fear and avoidance of ot sex zion lon He found seeking compensations ions that included the arts religion morals culture social pursuits po- po causes of ot famy fam- fam am- am Uy fly y responsibility worry over finan- finan extravagance Dr Dickinson said he considers that hat he has dependable evidence that every very woman oman has lies the capacity for married happiness but that this capacity ca- ca may eventuate either as serene and creative or thwarted and destructive de- de All Mi is extraordinarily dependent dependent de- de pendent upon her early life