DOMINEERING WIVES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18861, 8 November 1924, Page 6 (Supplement)

DOMINEERING WIVES.

It. L. Stevenson te.lls us that- " to marry is to domesticate the recording; angel;" and a German pessimistic philosopher assures us that the majority of'men are j completely dominated by women. Very few of us enjoy criticism.wind cenSjirci Such correction may bo highly salutary and well merited; but wfe would all prefer praise to reproof, even> though the nepKoof is offered in kindness. Manv women are by instinct) more maternal",th.rn conjugal, and this type are wont to regard men as big children, Hhc negative injunction may be imperative in the nursery, for there are many forms! of natural activity that must be repressed them But when a wife constantly admqnishes her spouse in he» nursery or schoolroom manner, she is apt to forget that only*a few men are rendered tractable by this method. The domineering wife docs not inspire tender affection in her husband. He may respect her capability and bear with her chiding, but his. resentment is either active or passive. If lit is active', there are disputes that rcsuiit iu quarrels. If it is passive, he dissembles his real feelings and harbours a secret discontent with married life. And in eitlhcr case the union is incomplete, because ft is unequal and in- ! comparable wfy.li that state of perfect love that casts out fear. Hypercritical censorious persons of sexes should avoid marriage. They nre not conuubiablo types. Woman's tencVncy to dominate in the marriage stato causes as much domestic unhap- , pi cess Sad as many separations as man's Alleged vjariabflity in affection.