scans_daily: Cute Romance Week: Practical Psychology for girls

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@ 2012-02-13 12:53 am UTC

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era: golden age, genre: romance, publisher: quality comics, status: public domain, theme: cute romance week

Cute Romance Week: Practical Psychology for girls

"I knew all about men... because I'd studied every textbook and thesis on the subject! But one day a rebellious student trapped me wit a real, live man...and nothing in those textbooks could show me how to keep from falling in love with the perfect example of the undesirable male!"

I can't even see myself openly saying "that's the stupidest nonsense I've ever head in my life" to my professor. I just can't.

Here some links for when my Photobucket is down.

"Undesirable male" - 01 // 02 // 03 //04 // 05 //06 // 07 and the Short - He's My Boss!

Here is the first story from #1, " Campus Loves's "Love's Victory." And if you are still in the mood for 1950s romance (and delicious Matt Baker art), check out Pictorial Romances #17 (and #9)

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	no subject fyborg23 2012-02-13 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	It's good that the chalkboard on the penultimate page lives up to scans_daily ethos! (Reply to this)

	no subject auggie18 2012-02-13 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	Huh. Women really do want gay dudes. Who'da thunk it? Three years later they get divorced after she catches him in bed with another woman and shoots him in the knees! Good night everybody! I love stories like this. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2012-02-13 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	where is this icon from?!?! is that Kurt? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject auggie18 2012-02-13 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	Yep! It's from Caldwell Tanner's guide to mutant puberty. http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/30/x-men-puberty-collegehumor-caldwell-tanner/ (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2012-02-13 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	teehee ;D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2012-02-13 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	all i took from this... women love gay men :D why can't gay men love gay men :( (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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krait
2012-02-13 08:17 pm UTC (link)

Heh. What I took from it was determination that "I don't understand you girls!" -- "It's a cinch you don't understand men, either! You are in a fix!" to mean that both of them, deep down, see men AND women as an option.

Five years down the line they'll both divorce their profligate patronisers when they're caught cheating (or in Mike's case, I suspect, something worse) and realise they were BOTH wrong. Then, older and wiser, they hook up with each other.

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whitesycamore
2012-02-13 07:21 pm UTC (link)

Originally I thought Carol kind of had a point. Not that irresponsible slacker types are necessarily sexier than upright dependable men of course, but women are strongly socialised to hold 'respectable' in higher regard than any other criterion, including actual sexual attraction - and if he just doesn't do it for you then he's not a desirable mate, no matter how financially prudent he is.

But then the comic kind of ruined it by suggesting that deep down women want to be patronised by pushy assholes. Oh, 50's romance comics!

"Why, the greatest minds in psychology have been turned to the study of matrimonial relations!"

No. They. Haven't.

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krait
2012-02-13 08:20 pm UTC (link)

suggesting that deep down women want to be patronised by pushy assholes.

Yeah. I can get behind "actually, women are different and would not all be uniformly happy with the same kind of man" (as this is the 50s, I won't expect much regarding "and some won't want a man on a permanent basis anyway"). "Actually they want patronising bullies who can't take No for an answer", on the other hand, makes me desire to vomit up my organs.

No. They. Haven't.

WORD. So. Much. Word.

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	no subject junipepper 2012-02-13 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	I can't even see myself openly saying "that's the stupidest nonsense I've ever head in my life" to my professor. I just can't. As a University professor, I can honestly say I've heard worse than that from my students. Not that often, to be fair. But, yeah. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject mistygeek 2012-02-14 02:31 am UTC (link)
	I've disagreed with a teacher in class as part of a discussion, but being outright rude would result in hostilities in that department. I have a hard enough time getting help! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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