The Perfect Wife???

Hello there gentle readers, as part of a new unit for my grade 7 class today, we watched the trailer for the movie "The Stepford Wives".

I was curious, as a man who is soon to get married, what do men actually think the perfect woman is. I found this list of the four "Virtues". I personally dont agree with this at all, but its interesting to read.

1. Piety – Religion was valued because—unlike intellectual pursuits—it did not take a woman away from her "proper sphere," the home, and because it controlled women's longings.
2. Purity – Virginity, a woman's greatest treasure, must not be lost until her marriage night, and married women had to remain committed only to their husbands.
3. Submission – True women were required to be as submissive and obedient "as little children" because men were regarded as women's superiors "by God's appointment".
4. Domesticity – A woman's proper place was in the home and her role as a wife was to create a refuge for her husband and children. Cooking, needlework, making beds, and tending flowers were considered naturally feminine activities, whereas reading anything other than religious biographies was discouraged.

 

Watch this video to see how British comedian Harry Enfield saw this.