![]() This is also a worthwhile book, although it is not so timeless or important as Fascinating Womanhood, and also, to read the first implies the second to some degree.Īt first, I considered the title to mean “how to be fascinating (to men, and thus manipulate him to get what you want),” and the contents do address this, but now I take the title to mean that “being a (traditional, stay-at-home) woman is fascinating” - that marriage, home and family is a complex and rewarding milieu, and does not involve only changing diapers, or cooking without shoes. Andelin’s own husband, Aubrey Andelin, also wrote a book about this, Man of Steel and Velvet, which takes up this topic in more detail. Implicit within this is also: what makes a good husband. But, within it lies a more abstract principle of what makes a good wife, in any era. Mostly, it is a practical guide of specific do-this and do-thats. It has since sold millions of copies, and has been the subject of numerous books that are commentaries on the original. ![]() Even in its time (which was a little before the “sexual revolution” but when feminism was still thick in the air nevertheless), it was a traditionalist expression, with a Christian theme. Fascinating Womanhood, by Helen Andelin, was published in 1963, but was based on some pamphlets written in the 1920s and 1930s.
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