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liberal N proud

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Tue Feb 21, 2012, 08:16 AM Feb 2012

Michelle Duggar's submissive-wife tips [View all]


That is just sickening

Duggar mom's secret to long marriage is wifely submission
If you can't seem to glean any tips for a lasting marriage from "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," there's another reality-TV star who has some wifely words of advice. Michelle Duggar, the unceasingly pregnant mom on (for now) "19 Kids and Counting," has been nabbed handing out pamphlets with nuggets of submissive wedded wisdom. Gems include never bringing up hubby's past failures (it will crush his spirit), looking at him "admiringly when he talks to others," and always "[accepting] him as a leader and [believing] in his God-given responsibilities." In other words, as @StephanieRogers indicates, "a blueprint for the ideal Stepford wife, Self-Replicating Fundamentalist Edition™," and based on the furor over Michele Bachmann's comments, the pamphlets won't win the Duggars any new viewers.

http://now.msn.com/living/0220-michelle-duggar-wives-submissive.aspx

Why do women think they have to be submissive to their husbands? I don't think I would enjoy the company of my wife if she were submissive and looked at me like that.

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Michelle Duggar's submissive-wife tips [View all] liberal N proud Feb 2012 OP
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahha malaise Feb 2012 #1
Why do some wear burkas? Oppression tied to religiosity. Only difference is our side doesn't see Happyhippychick Feb 2012 #2
Michelle's got the Nancy Reagan "gaze" on. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #3
I looked at that picture and thought "They look like siblings." MADem Feb 2012 #5
I thought that was what Cocker Spaniels were for izquierdista Feb 2012 #4
If you want a friend in Hollywood, get a dog peace frog Feb 2012 #20
He must have a massive (yet very Christian) ego; LeftinOH Feb 2012 #6
This misogynist crap has been going on for centuries. Le Taz Hot Feb 2012 #7
Not only heads of state - how many run Fortune 500 companies? TBF Feb 2012 #9
Yes, it's definitely worse in the business world. laundry_queen Feb 2012 #14
Exactly right. Le Taz Hot Feb 2012 #15
And the ones that ARE on boards and are CEOs suck. HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #16
Let's compare them to men sitting on those boards. How many are benevolent to their workers? TBF Feb 2012 #18
she sounds like the victim of massive Javaman Feb 2012 #8
it would be utterly boring qazplm Feb 2012 #10
If my wife looked at me like that tularetom Feb 2012 #11
Dang. Mira Feb 2012 #23
Now hunnybunnies, don't worry your sweet pretty little heads about anything peace frog Feb 2012 #12
god's plan, have enough children to qualify for a reality teevee show. spanone Feb 2012 #13
If I looked at my husband like that he would be afraid to fall asleep at night. Solly Mack Feb 2012 #17
LOL! That gave me a laugh. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #27
It's true though. Solly Mack Feb 2012 #45
LoL! I was thinking the same thing! Number23 Feb 2012 #46
LOL Yes! Exactly. They would have to go into another room. Way away from me. Solly Mack Feb 2012 #47
what gets me is why the media gives them air time newspeak Feb 2012 #19
Good lord that woman's creepy. Arkana Feb 2012 #21
She's already no longer able to have kids. HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #38
I'm waiting for their doctor(s) to fire them Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #41
Also, and I don't know who posted this before . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #44
It goes hand in hand with being opposed to contraception and thinking the US is a Christian nation XemaSab Feb 2012 #22
That's why those men are so self confident yet full of fail Morning Dew Feb 2012 #24
That photo SCREAMS "Mr sperm-man bring me a dream" n/t HangOnKids Feb 2012 #25
If I had a dog that looked at me like that, I'd be working on his/her self-esteem issues. nt DCKit Feb 2012 #26
It's nice to know that I should consult God and my husband re: my hairstyle Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #28
My husband absolutely adores me to go over every interior design decision too..... Sheepshank Feb 2012 #33
The woman is brainwashed Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #29
my rescue rhodesian ridgeback looks at me like that magical thyme Feb 2012 #30
ROFL liberal N proud Feb 2012 #31
lol. Cats don't look at people like that. Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #34
Many cultures in the galaxy consider it an act of war sudopod Feb 2012 #32
Oh dead GAWD she sounds like that tips for housewife bull crap that was written in the 50s Justice wanted Feb 2012 #35
No comment on the content quakerboy Feb 2012 #36
No he doesn't and he sure as hell doesn't act like a Kennedy. Well, except maybe for lumpy Feb 2012 #37
Am I really living in 2012???!!! hamsterjill Feb 2012 #39
Yes, I think I'll start wrapping myself in Saran Wrap and greeting hubby at the front door. blue neen Feb 2012 #40
Only if you are doing it for his pleasure and not yours liberal N proud Feb 2012 #43
Oh, no thanks! blue neen Feb 2012 #50
Two completely stupid people who deserve one another ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2012 #42
Her main error is that in a successful relationship both people must give in sometimes Taitertots Feb 2012 #48
That's sad. My boyfriend always encouraged me to speak up Raine Feb 2012 #49
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