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Zevar -> RE: Dr. Laura... an updated Good Wife? (8/10/2010 6:21:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: AlwaysLisa
Greetings.....
While searching for something other then static as I was driving through miles of nothingness, I stumbled on this talk show, a woman named Dr. Laura. It was the only reception available in this area and I was about to put in a CD and give up on radio, when I heard something that is almost never spoken in todays society. This woman, was uplifting men, chastising wives as they called in to her show and began tearing down their spouse.
How refreshing! It seems everywhere we turn, media is focused on woman empowerment and the masculation of men...this show piqued my interest. During one of her commercial breaks, she mentioned this book, "The proper care and feeding of husbands", so I looked it up.
For someone like myself, who thrives on serving her husband, I was laughing, applauding and nodding while I listened to Dr Laura tell these simpering women to quit whining and start taking of their husband if they want the marriage to last. Or, they could continue on their present path and learn to like being alone. I like her style, she gave these women no slack, showed no mercy, lol
So, I placed my order with Amazon and I wondered if anyone else had heard of Dr Laura, or her books. Sorta reminds me of the "Good Wife", from the fifties.
Here is a brief synopsis from Amazon:
Preparing dinner, caring for the children without complaint, greeting her husband with a kiss and engaging in sexual intimacy instead of "tearing down a husband's necessary sense of strength and importance" can result in the harmonious marriage women crave. While many of her listeners and readers claim her unequivocal advice has salvaged teetering marriages and improved marital harmony, others perceive Schlessinger as a throwback to what many see as years of female oppression in the home.
Good Evening Lisa:
Thank you for this thread Lisa! I admire your desire to serve the one you love. I do hope you hear the spirit in which I write this entry in this thread you began. While I do disagree with your comments of how you perceived what you heard Mrs. Laura Schlessinger to advocate during the radio broadcast to be “refreshing” I do understand your perspective and fully respect it AND as I stated I do admire your position as you stated.
My subjective perspective regarding Mrs. Laura Schlessinger is follows:
Mrs. Laura Schlessinger is an influential conservative dogmatic voice among those who share in her conservative philosophy of living. What Mrs. Laura Schlessinger advocates in most instances is contrary to the guiding principles of today’s relationships among society on the whole. Granted Mrs. Laura Schlessinger is a woman, wife and mother that not only speaks a voice regarding her view of how a woman/wife needs to treat a man/husband, she imposes her view of how stereotypical 1950ish families are the only true and right role model for families of today. Why? Well, because SHE beliefs so. After all Mrs. Laura Schlessinger says "Everything I say is true."
Surely Mrs. Laura Schlessinger has the right to speak her dogmatic views among whomever will listen. However taking a brief inventory or a slight look around today in urban cities and elsewhere you will find less of what she speaks of and more of what she critically judges. Single family homes are common day experience today. Absent irresponsible fathers are the other end of these single family homes in many instances. Blended families are all too common among today’s families as well. The combination of relationships of today VS how Mrs. Laura Schlessinger advocates relationships are to be are obviously unequally divided.
Mrs. Laura Schlessinger’s conservative beliefs tend to be unpopular among the masses, rightly understood when considering the dogmatic viewpoints she ruthlessly forces on her listeners. Conservative values indeed tend to war against the forefront of what sustains the landscape of today’s relationships. Conservative beliefs are to a certain extent limiting and almost always condemning of that which is misunderstood.
There is a hard-shell tendency among the dogmatic beliefs of Mrs. Laura Schlessinger implying a pledge toward a mission of a conservative collective understanding of morality to be the ONE WAY to goodness and Truth AND lest we not forget any conservative movement forced upon society without equal consideration of the variance evident in relationships of today is doomed to fail. At the forefront of Mrs. Laura Schlessinger’s overbearing dogmatic beliefs one can discover an ideology that excludes VS includes. Go figure!
While the principle of wholly caring for the one you love and are vowed to is noble, it remains true that morality cannot be effectively forced upon personal relationships of today in particular. Why? Because the majority of society has become aware of choices and possibilities, even amidst overwhelming personal issues, that do influence constructive created functional family units and progressive relationships as opposed to dysfunctional outcomes in the lives of people from all walks of Life. Thus enabling those who choose so to form decisions that are not based on mere one sided moral conjecture. I know for myself it would be a cold moment in Hades before I compromise my ideology of what makes a functional relationship within my Life. I would hope or rather imagine most people tend to refuse an ideology that excludes the greater portion of what compromises their personal understanding of what constitutes a functional relationship amidst the society of the Millennium. Maybe not?
In the nutshell:
Mrs. Laura Schlessinger has every right to shout her views from a rooftop or speak as she wishes in the venue of her choice or invitation(s). Do I agree with the foundation of Mrs. Laura Schlessinger’s ideology? No! Do I disrespect Mrs. Laura Schlessinger? No! Why? While she advocates beliefs that I question more often than agree with I find her ability to speak courageously amidst opposition in society of today to be quite admirable.
My summation of Mrs. Laura Schlessinger’s beliefs when considering them for my life is as follows: Regression is devoid of progress. "Everything I say is true”, aye Laura Schlessinger? True to whom? True to ONLY those who choose so. I choose progressive thinking. It’s a personal thing, living Life. No hammering of dogmatic beliefs required. Not for myself at least. By choice of course I select what works for my life that is devoid of conservative dogma of any form!
http://www.stopdrlaura.com/laura/
A point of clarity:
Mrs. Laura Schlessinger is a Doctoral Graduate of Physiological Studies AND According to the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, Nobody is allowed to use 'Doctor' unless they are a medical doctor or a professor in the psychological field with a clinical license. Oops! This concludes my subjective perspective on Mrs. Laura Schlessinger, PhD. for now at least. If you were questioning the residency of Mrs. Laura Schlessinger it is known to be….the Golden State, California!
Take care!
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