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So, Dr. Laura has a new book<\/a>. Just reading the title raises an eyebrow. Reading the summary is like travelling in a time machine back 50 years.<\/p>\n

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In her newest book, Schlessinger?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00b6unabashedly [asserts] that man is a “very simple creature,” who needs only “direct communication, respect, appreciation, food, and good loving'” to respond with devotion, compassion and love, this controversial marriage and family therapist claims that every woman can achieve a deeply satisfying marriage if she adheres to certain fundamentals men require. 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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Is she serious?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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