Guest guest Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 When I was little, I remember these books in print that taught women to basically give away their personal power to be attractive to men. I can see now the fallacy in that. Our mothers were taught that to attract men they should never sound smart, because you don't want to make him feel that your smarter than he is or intimidate him. Bragging him up constantly about how strong and wonderful he is(provide narcisistic fill). You want him to feel superior in your presence...blah, blah, blah. And it was all about how to act dumb and helpless to attract men. And build their egos constantly. I think the book should have been called " How to attract a man into your life, who has narcissim or borderline personality disorder. " > > My mother had to play stupid in front of men because > she believed that they would be intimidated if they > thought she was smart. Great lesson to teach your > daughter. > > She also has the 'always look good' in front of men > thing, like dressing up to take out the garbage. > Except that she really actually did dress up to talk > out the garbage. She lived in an apartment for years > and always reminded me to look my best in the elevator > because you never knew who you might meet. > > is > > > _____________________________________________________________________ _______________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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