Aug 15, 2017
Cody is joined by producer and comic Meredith Kachel and comic
Melody Kamali to finally figure out what the whole deal with women
is! Amirite fellas?! You can find the book on Amazon and at your
friend from middle school’s—you should probably admit to yourself
that the two of you have grown apart as you’ve matured and maybe
it’s for the best if you made new friends.
The Alpha Female's Guide to Men and Marriage: How Love
Works
by Suzanne Venker
America is in love with the alpha female. She’s the
quintessential modern woman—assertive, razor sharp, and fully in
control. Her success in the marketplace is undeniable, a downright
boon to society. But what happens when the alpha female gets
married?
She becomes an alpha wife, of course.
An alpha wife is in charge of everything and everyone. She is,
quite simply, the Boss. The problem is, no man wants a boss
for a wife. That type of relationship may work for a spell, but it
will eventually come crashing down. Since 1970, just as women
became more and more powerful outside the home—more alpha—the
divorce rate has quadrupled. And it is women who lead the charge.
Today, 70% of divorce is initiated by wives.
Do men just make lousy husbands? Not at that rate, says
Suzanne Venker, bestselling author of The War on Men. The
truth is that women don’t know how to be wives. Why would they?
That’s not what they were raised to become.
But women can learn. There’s an art to loving a man, says
Venker, and any woman can master it. An alpha female herself,
Venker learned how to be a wife the hard way—through trial and
error. Lots of error. And here’s what she knows today—the set of
skills a woman needs to pursue a career, or even to raise children,
is the exact set of skills that will mess up her marriage for good.
No man likes to be told what to do. And no woman respects the man
who does.
The Alpha Female's Guide to Men and Marriage gives
women who are used to being in charge the tools they need to make
their marriages less competitive and more complementary. Part
memoir, part advice, this brave manifesto argues that while
marriage is more challenging for the alpha female, it is possible
to find peace in your marriage. In fact, it may be easier than you
think.
Show Notes:
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‘How to Grow Up’ by Michelle Tea
‘How to Weep in Public’ by Jacqueline Novak
‘Anarchist Essays’ by Charlotte Wilson
Topics: libertarians, quizzes, strap-ons, teasing,
interrupting, depression, relationships, competition, control,
rights, betas.
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