# Hetero Men: Would you prefer a traditional woman as a partner? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 14, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652 "2012-09-14T01:08:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652/81 "2012-09-19T22:02:03Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Oops! Sorry! Guess I’ve been spending too much time in the Pit. My sincere apologies! > > P.S. - To make up for it, may I present… > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANvMAyXuQpI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANvMAyXuQpI). > > Not a green dress but enticing nonetheless. 😉 [You only prove my point about Ms. Moore having not reached the zenith of her loveliness at that time, sir.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_fkZQwlKAk) ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652/82 "2012-09-19T22:10:55Z")
:: bows head in abject defeat :: You are correct, sir! I hereby withdraw my previous assertion! ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652/83 "2012-09-19T22:20:10Z")
It’s a testament to her Mary’s appeal that she could look so adorable in such a fugly dress! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652/84 "2012-09-19T22:46:15Z")
That dress was far from fugly; Mary was just too conservative to be comfortable in it (though quite hot enough to pull it off). Ted was right when he said it would have been popular, something I mention because Ted was right exactly 1 & 1/2 times during the entire series. In other news, _you_ were right about the spelling of the Bewitched characters’ surname. I’d apologize for the correction but my being wrong about it supports the joke you missed, so I shall continue to obstinately use the spelling _Stevens_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652/85 "2012-09-19T22:57:54Z")
Works for me. I’m so friggin’ embarrassed about mistaking your post like I did that I’ll happily grant you whatever spelling you like. I just hope people haven’t been too disturbed by the howling of that pooch I screwed. 😃 Funny thing is, I was unsure of the spelling myself when I made my original post and so tried it with both the “ph” and “v” and decided based on a guess that “ph” looked better. So I only stumbled into it the right way to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652/86 "2012-09-19T23:17:37Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > I’d be very interested in what she thought of your description. I mean that sincerely. I’ll phone her either tomorrow (unlikely as I’m going out on the piss) or the next day if you like. Any specific questions anyone wants me to ask her about my theory are welcome as otherwise I’ll put it just my way. I will probably be circumspect on the sexual stuff as while she will discuss it with me will be a bit confused if it gets too much that way. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652/87 "2012-09-20T19:27:24Z")
I’d like to hear her reaction to that list and whether she feels that it accurately describes her and if so, was she happy within her married life. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652/88 "2012-09-20T19:45:44Z")
Unlikely as it is, I think it would be hilarious to learn she despised her husband. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652/89 "2012-09-20T20:09:37Z")
Sort of interesting OP, but shallow, because there is no ‘traditional woman’. What there is, is a ‘traditional relationship’. That means that what the traditional woman is negotiating for with her (body, subservience, lifetime of menial work) is a traditional man: financial support, good father, has traditional manly skill set, defends honor of family, etc. It’s a set of mutual obligations, not a person. Oh, and ick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652.md?page=4)