I expected all of the liberal pundits to deplore The Surrendered Wife, but WorldNetDaily.Com’s Cynthia Grenier managed a pretty good dissection of the book in a recent column. Writing that, “I just about gagged as I began reading all these stories in the press about a new manual for women: ‘The Surrendered Wife’…”
Grenier reports that the book has sold about 100,000 copies, and you have to wonder about the sort of women (and men) who would find the book’s advice relevant to their lives. Taking her cue from author Laura Doyle’s suggestion that women should never attempt to correct men’s driving directions even if they miss the correct off-ramp on a highway and end up driving many miles out of their way, Grenier writes,
I can only wonder what in Heaven’s name any half way intelligent male would think on being allowed to drive miles and hours out of his way just to maintain his strong, manly image.
Grenier concludes her column with advice that applies equally well to men as well as women. “My advice: ‘Soften, yes; surrender, never.'” Now there’s some decent relationship advice.
Source:
What to do about the American wife?. Cynthia Grenier, WorldNetDaily, March 3, 2001.