‘ exactly how to get a spouse’: Cringeworthy 1950s dating article advises ladies to ‘cry softly in a corner’ and ‘stumble into a room’ to attract qualified guys

A 1958 mag article advising women on how to get someone has surfaced on the net, triggering a madness across social networking.

En Titled ‘129 techniques for getting a Husband’, the feature in US mag McCall’s included a diverse human body of guidelines including strange and hopeless to downright sexist and politically wrong. (more…)