Marital Test

Okay, this is hilarious. Fashion Incubator mentioned this and I just had to pass it on. This test was given in the 1930's for men to rate their wives in their marriage. I guess it was supposed to scientifically help troubled marriages.

The test was designed to give couples feedback on their marriages. Either husbands or wives could take the test, which rated wives in a variety of areas. For instance, if your wife "uses slang or profanity," she would get a score of five demerits. On the other hand, if she "reacts with pleasure and delight to marital congress," she would receive 10 merits. The test taker would add up the total number of merits and demerits to receive a raw score, which would categorize the wife on a scale from "very poor" to "very superior."

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I definitely would have failed this test.

Love, Rachel

Print | posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:09 PM

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# re: Marital Test

Left by Prutsprinses at 5/29/2008 3:31 AM
Gravatar Did you notice the highest possible score (all merits and no demerits) is 25? Is there no way to get further than "Poor"?
Or is this only the first page of the list?
I think I wouldn't get far either!

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