Pity The Poor American Husband Overworked, Bullied, Criticized And Unprepared
Husbands No. 1
By HARRY FERGUSON
WASHINGTON (UPII - No.
one knows for sure whether the'
American husband is the
world's unhappiest man, but
: there is no doubt he is the most
-. criticized. Experts in social be
' havior amateur and profcs-
sional, foreign and domoslic
.keep him constantly under the
'microscope and describe in mil
; lions of words how and why he
squirms.
" German men consider Hie
American husband a sucker
because of the wsy he handles
his money. In Germany many
women can't say for sure how
much their husband earns be
cause it isn't considered any of
their business. They accept
whatever housekeeping money
they receive and keep their
mouths shut.
British men shake their
heads in wonderment over the
way American men are bullied
by their children, especially the
teen-agers. "Children in this
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country," notes the London bu
reau of UPI, "are mure to be
seen then heard. When com
pany conies, the children a r
fed separately." A thorough
whacking on' the scat of the
pants, both at school and at
home, is still highly esteemed
in Britain as a corrective meas
ure. Frenchmen cannot under
stand why Americans work
themselves to death to provide
tilings their family doesn't real
ly need. Their most prevalent
tlicory is that the American
husband is a sort of voluntary
slave indentured for life to a
woman who lashes him period
ically with demands for jewel
ry, expensive clothing and hats
she doesn't need. French wives
accept as a fact of life that it
is possible to cook a meal and
dispose of the dishes without
the help ot cnougli electric
kitchen gadgets to operate a
space capsule.
The American male plunges
into marriage at an earlier age
and with less thought than any
man on earth. Every behavior
expert who studies the situa
tion notes the increasing num
ber of teen-age marriages, and
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the subsequent high divorce
rate. Only seven per cent of
the American women in their
thirties have never been mar
ried. Comparable statistics for
Great Britain are 18 per cent
and for France 28 per cent.
One out of every 4.5 Ameri
can marriages ends in divorce,
the world's highest rate. There
is no way to measure the num
ber of men who remain mar
ried even though they are un
happy, and, as one philoso
pher puts it. "leading lives of
quiet desperation." Apparently
only a small percentage of
these men seek the assistance
of marriage experts and coun
selors, and Dr. Paul Popenoe
of the American Institute of
Family Relations cites the case
history of one of them:
"Mr. H said: 'I put in a full
day at the factory and by the
time I get home about a quar
ter to six I am glad to lie
down and rest. But iy wife
meets me at the door and tells
me the two kids are driving
her crazy and will I please
take them off her hands? And
will I at the same time vacu
um the rug, sweep off the front
porch and the sidewalk and
bring in the clothes from the
line as she didn't have time?
It turns out she was in the park
with the children all after
noon." "
Highest In World
The American standard of
living is the highest in the
world, and American women
expect to start enjoying it as
soon as they are married, or
at least without allowing suffi
cient time for the husband's
income to rise to the level of
their needs and wants. Sociolo
gist James W. Gladden of the
University of Kentucky got
spme interesting answers when
h conducted a survey among
girls on what they expected
their husbands to do besides
support them:
Seventy per cent said they
expected outside help.
Fifty-four per cent expect
ed their husbands to straighten
up the house occasionally.
Forty-four per cent de
manded that the husband pre
pare the meals occasionally.
Fifty-four per cent said
they expected their husbands to
make the beds, "but only rare
ly." Sixty per cent expected
Dim to dispose of the garbage
every day.
There was general agree
ment that husbands should re
member birthdays, anniversar
ies and other "special" days,
that husbands should be adept
in "adapting themselves to the
various moods and changes so
typical of women," that wives
should be treated after mar
riage just as they were before.
After marriage, a new set of
rules apparently is drawn up in
the feminine mind, and Dr.
Popenoe tells the results of a
survey among women in Co
lumbus, Ohio, on what the ideal
husband should do. Some of
them:
Tell interesting things about
his work. Do thoughtful things
the wife does not expect him to
do. Sense when his wife wants
affection and when she doesn't.
Clean out the bathtub and wash
basin after using them. Appre
ciate and praise new dishes the
wife prepares. Know how to
pull the wife nut of the
dumps when she gels into
them. Always telephone when
he is going to be late to din
ner. Never talk about his for
mer girl friends. Enjoy reading
and discussing good books with
his wife.
Next: Nagging wives and what
thry do to marriages.
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