This 1950s Dating Advice Is Horrifying, But We Can’t Look Away

10. “Don’t humiliate guys by trying to pay for a date.”

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11. “Just as the vampire sucks the blood of its victims in their sleep while they are alive, so does the woman vampire suck the life and exhaust the vitality of her male partner – or “victim.”

– Dr. William Josephus Robinson

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12. “To make him feel important, you have to forget your own desires for importance. Compliment him on his physical prowess, his mental acumen, his good looks, his virility. The worst mistake a girl can make is to make a man feel intellectually inferior or inadequate as a male. We men need a lot of reassurance. So lay it on thick but subtly. Stroke his ego. Let him think he’s king much of the time. He will love you for it, and, you know, it will make you feel extremely feminine.”

– She-Manners: The Teen Girl’s Book of Etiquette by Robert H. Loeb Jr.

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