Synopses & Reviews
The modern woman has felt Backlash and worked The Second Shift. but now she’s wearing the pants, she’s in charge of everything, and it’s ruining her marriage. She’s The Superior Wife, and this book is coming to her rescue! As women have risen in the work world, their marriages have been transformed, too: The wife has become the superior spouse. This book is for every wife who brings home the bacon, fries it up in a pan that she washes, and drops from exhaustion at the end of each day, while her husband watches the game. The Superior Wife explains how she got here and reveals how she can work her way back to marital equality. Bringing together personal stories of everyday couples and expert social analysis, psychologist Carin Rubenstein provides readers with an intelligent and groundbreaking look into a disturbing marital trend: In two out of three marriages, women are running the show while men take it easy. As a result, more and more women are rejecting marriage as a viable social institution. The Superior Wife provides a look into the heart of modern marriage, as it reveals and explores:
• Six degrees of superiority: from being the multitasker to the decider • Top 26 topics wives nag their husbands about, from A to Z
• Four types of modern marriage, from Captain and Mates to Even-Stevens
• Top ten sex wishes of husbands and wives
• Four types of married sex, from Old Shoe Sex to Hot Sex
• 21 ways to fix a superior wife marriage
Filled with personal stories and packed with tips for curing the syndrome, The Superior Wife gives women the tools they need to step down from their thrones, reconnect with their husband, and have happier and healthier marriage.
Review
"Rubenstein's stories of wives and husbands ring true and will surely resonate with many women who fi nd themselves taking on more than they expected to, getting less of the support and equality they planned on, and wondering how to get the pleasure they so hoped for in their marriages." -- Dalma Heyn, author of The Erotic Silence of the American Wife and Marriage Shock: The Transformation of Women into Wives
Review
"Any reader will find themselves identifying with Carin Rubenstein's 'state of modern marriage' -- if not themselves, then their parents or adult children. A wake-up call for marital evolution, if not revolution." -- Gail Sheehy, author of Passages and Sex and the Seasoned Woman
Synopsis
The modern woman has felt Backlash and worked The Second Shift. but now she's wearing the pants, she's in charge of everything, and it's ruining her marriage. She's The Superior Wife, and this book is coming to her rescue
As women have risen in the work world, their marriages have been transformed, too: The wife has become the superior spouse. This book is for every wife who brings home the bacon, fries it up in a pan that she washes, and drops from exhaustion at the end of each day, while her husband watches the game. The Superior Wife explains how she got here and reveals how she can work her way back to marital equality. Bringing together personal stories of everyday couples and expert social analysis, psychologist Carin Rubenstein provides readers with an intelligent and groundbreaking look into a disturbing marital trend: In two out of three marriages, women are running the show while men take it easy. As a result, more and more women are rejecting marriage as a viable social institution. The Superior Wife provides a look into the heart of modern marriage, as it reveals and explores:
- Six degrees of superiority: from being the multitasker to the decider - Top 26 topics wives nag their husbands about, from A to Z
- Four types of modern marriage, from Captain and Mates to Even-Stevens
- Top ten sex wishes of husbands and wives
- Four types of married sex, from Old Shoe Sex to Hot Sex
- 21 ways to fix a superior wife marriage
Filled with personal stories and packed with tips for curing the syndrome, The Superior Wife gives women the tools they need to step down from their thrones, reconnect with their husband, and have happier and healthier marriage.
Synopsis
The modern married woman is in charge of everything--and it's ruining her marriage. Psychologist Rubenstein provides readers with the tools they need to relinquish their need for control, reconnect with their husbands, and have happier and healthier marriages.
About the Author
Dr. Carin Rubenstein holds a Ph.D. in social/personality psychology from New York University, with a focus on survey research and is a member of the American Psychological Association. She has been conducting national polls for several decades and assisted Gail Sheehy in her research. Dr. Rubenstein is the coauthor of In Search of Intimacy and author of The Sacrificial Mother and Beyond the Mommy Years. She has designed and analyzed dozens of national surveys for a wide range of magazines, has contributed to The New York Times, and has appeared on dozens of national and local television and radio shows to talk about her work, including Today, Good Morning America, The View and Oprah.