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Show HE of military-styl- (Continued) e discipline. Privates in ship that has ever been foisted on the public is the portrait, of the Amertimid, withdrawn, ican wife, plodding steadfastly about her $35,000 home to keep it sparkling, working miracles with an inadequate income, raising the children, smglehandedly, and always managing to look pert and cheerful when Dad gets home from work after a tough day of luncheon chitchat and American women have gained for coffee breaks. The gals have been readthemselves that greatest of all ing this in the women's magazines and second--gues- s! telling it to themselves for so long that privileges the right to Tiaey use if lellfoglyT they .areacRSlI As a result, there is a growing tenFor example, with family decisions relationwhich have to be made whether to buy dency toward a ship between husband and wife a sort a new car, take a new job, move to a relationship, with the new town these problems can and of owner-manag- er dropping in occasionally should be discussed thoroughly. But husband-own- er is haneventually it's the man. who has to make to see how the dling things. the final decision. In a recent survey of 300 Chicago subTraditionally, the woman's role is whatever you think is best, dear, but urban housewives, more than half didn't once voluntarily mention their husbands esThis leaves her a woman-size- d . . cape hatch if things don't work out 100 during the whole interview, and 84 percent neglected to mention without percentThis is admittedly a good position to be in. It forces the husband to prompting their own role of wife (although most talked at length about one of two tactics: either let the wife of make the decisions (which few of them motherhood). Almost three-fourtwill actually do when forced to the wall) , the women declared that providing a or do the best he knows how and ignore good income is the most important role g. the Throughout all this, of the husband; only a smattering mentioned fatherhood, and even fewer the of course, he has to put up with television serials, movies, popular songs, and role of husband. This emphasizes the fact that most magazine articles which persist in poras a sort of women are poor psychologists. They'd traying the husband-fath- er bumbling moron being gently go a long way toward solving many of guided through his daily affairs by an the problems they suffer with so vocally if they'd just put the lid on some of their wife. I'm not advocating a reThen there's the inordinate concern shown the housewife over things that turn to the days of washtubs and wood-burnistoves. The girls' work is done husbands take in stride every day. When for them today by electricity, and I say Mom cooks a dinner any old dinner everyone says how good it is; but when fine. I just wish they'd devote some of was the last time you can remember a. their extra time to activities other than family telling a husband how well he complaining about their earned his pay check last week? Yet we lot make the help dry the dishes for Mom, They might even have a fling at just beds, and do the housework so she'll being a wife. It's an honorable occupation and proved quite satisfactory for a have more time to campaign for equal good many centuries, I've heard. rights. Coming home from a recent business trip on a plane, my seatmate looked wistfully after the departing stewardess, who had just finished serving him his meal with a few deft female touches and soothing words. "What a contrast," he sighed "If only we could deal with all women like that. If only they'd be women. I'll be home in a few hours, and my wife will have a dozen problems that have to be hashed over. She'll kiss me when I get in the car, if she happens to think of it, because that's the thing to do. Then she'll probably beef all the way home because she had to miss a meeting to pick me up at the airport. We're partners, by golly, and "He showered me with jewels. 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