Does your husband leave his razor lying around the bathroom? Or, for that matter, is he critical of the way you drive? Well, in that case, you didn't really make a smart choice in choosing your better half, at least that's what the 1930s Marital Ratings Scale suggests.
On May 15, a test was reported that claimed to show 1930s men whether they had made a wise choice of wife.It also offered a guide for wives, and suggested that a good husband should be nice to his wife's friends, hold her coat and read the newspaper aloud to her.
The test, written by American academic Dr George W Crane, listed 50 merits and 50 demerits. Each one was worth either one point or five. After answering all questions, the negative points would be subtracted from the positive.
If a man scored between 0 and 24, he was deemed as "very poor (failure)", whereas if he scored 76 and above, a women had found herself a "very superior" husband.
The first demerit on the list was to stare or flirt with other women while out with his wife - take away five points - and he would lose a point for talking about the "efficiency of stenographer or other women" or writing on the tablecloth with a pencil.
Although some of the criticism is clearly dated, the crimes of leaving shoes in the living room or snoring were as irritating then as now.
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