Heterosexual women

Loretta Lynn's popularity as a singer, according to one well-known critic, came from expressing the feelings of women. Other sources of information about their concerns: women's magazines, scholarly works, and literature.

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Do you complain about men wanting one thing only?

Do you think that love and romance are hard to find? Is it easy to attract men but not the right ones? Do you expect to be just hit by some "mysterious chemistry"? Or is your choice of men based on pragmatic considerations?

There definitely are women who can't respond sexually to a man who doesn't seem to meet some fantasy ideal. It makes love and romance hard to find, for sure! And the man who manages to project the image can manipulate women, with tragic results -- e.g. abusive situations, emotional absence, and being swindled like one who was featured on the Geraldo Show.

Do you have children? Do you want your boyfriend to be involved with them? Or do you make it a point to keep the children out of the relationship?

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Have you ever been physically mistreated by a husband or lover? or by a stranger? Or when you were a child? Are you bothered by ex-lovers who just can't let go?

Why doesn't the woman leave the abusive man? Most of what has been written on the problem says that it's come combination of economic dependency, low self-esteem, and the fear that the man will somehow track her down. If you have left, did the existence of crisis centers and battered women's shelters make it easier for you to muster the courage?

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If you're a stay-at-home housewife, your greatest concern probably is the avoidance of boredom. What do you have in the way of outside activities and social contacts? In past decades when the stay-at-home wife was the norm, Women's Clubs provided some measure of relief. Do those Women's Clubs still exist? What about coffee klatches and bridge clubs?

Are you working in a job for extra money to help the family make ends meet, without any real expectation of any career development? Are you treated patronizingly as a result? Are you bored with your job?

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Do you have a career? Did you have to be five times as good as any man, in order to be promoted? Did you face any sexual harassment along the way?

Were you up against ideas that "that is no job/place for a woman"? Do you feel that you're up against any "glass ceiling"?

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There are many ways in which someone can be emotionally absent from his/her family, even if he/she comes home every night. It's an old story about football widows. Some men are quick to point out that there also are soap opera widowers!

Many of Loretta Lynn's are about drunken husbands. Does your husband/boyfriend regularly come home drunk or go out drinking and gambling with the guys, instead of being at home with you and the children?

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