Just recently, televangelist and sex appeal expert in his own mind - Pat Robertson, said the following on his show - 700 Club, with regard to marriage problems:
"A woman came to a preacher that I know, and she was awful looking. I mean, her hair was all torn up and she was overweight and looked terrible, clothes bad and everything. And she said, 'Oh, Reverend, what can I do? My husband has started to drink.' And the preacher looked at her and said, 'Madam, if I was married to you I'd start to drink too.' We need to cultivate romance, darling! ... You always have to keep that spark of love alive. It just isn't something to just lie there, 'Well, I'm married to him so he's got to take me slatternly looking.' You've got to fix yourself up, look pretty."
To his credit, Robertson knows a thing or two about being physically appealing, for he was named sexiest current host of 700 Club with the first name of Pat and last name of Robertson. It was quite an honor, I'm sure.
While I agree that maintaining a certain level of attraction is important for a couple in a long-term relationship, why in Robertson's mind, does the onus lie solely with the women in these relationships? Shouldn't the responsibility be just as much with the man to try and appeal to his girlfriend/wife as it is with the woman to do the same? Granted, studies show that physical attraction is more important to males than females, generally speaking. However, it doesn't seem fair or right to me for the woman to go out of her way and do everything in her power to be attractive to her husband/boyfriend, all the while the man sits on the couch, drinks beer, and watches football.
Relationships require teamwork, compromise, good communication and understanding, etc. While in Robertson's pre-historic mind, he may still see men as the superior of the two sexes and feel that women are just there to serve their men and please them, I'm sorry to inform him the times have changed a little. Women are going to college at a greater clip than men. Before long, they'll make up a majority of the workforce. Stay-at-home dads will likely become more commonplace in the coming years. One day, a woman will become President of the United States. I sincerely hope Robertson is alive at that time. I'd love to see the look on that guy's face when a woman is announced as the winner of a presidential election. I'm guessing there would be a 50/50 chance he'd suffer a heart attack when hearing the announcement. The following day's headline would read, "Robertson's final words were, 'That ugly bi**h!'"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/pat-robertson-blames-awful-looking-women-marriage-problems_n_2479459.html
"A woman came to a preacher that I know, and she was awful looking. I mean, her hair was all torn up and she was overweight and looked terrible, clothes bad and everything. And she said, 'Oh, Reverend, what can I do? My husband has started to drink.' And the preacher looked at her and said, 'Madam, if I was married to you I'd start to drink too.' We need to cultivate romance, darling! ... You always have to keep that spark of love alive. It just isn't something to just lie there, 'Well, I'm married to him so he's got to take me slatternly looking.' You've got to fix yourself up, look pretty."
To his credit, Robertson knows a thing or two about being physically appealing, for he was named sexiest current host of 700 Club with the first name of Pat and last name of Robertson. It was quite an honor, I'm sure.
While I agree that maintaining a certain level of attraction is important for a couple in a long-term relationship, why in Robertson's mind, does the onus lie solely with the women in these relationships? Shouldn't the responsibility be just as much with the man to try and appeal to his girlfriend/wife as it is with the woman to do the same? Granted, studies show that physical attraction is more important to males than females, generally speaking. However, it doesn't seem fair or right to me for the woman to go out of her way and do everything in her power to be attractive to her husband/boyfriend, all the while the man sits on the couch, drinks beer, and watches football.
Relationships require teamwork, compromise, good communication and understanding, etc. While in Robertson's pre-historic mind, he may still see men as the superior of the two sexes and feel that women are just there to serve their men and please them, I'm sorry to inform him the times have changed a little. Women are going to college at a greater clip than men. Before long, they'll make up a majority of the workforce. Stay-at-home dads will likely become more commonplace in the coming years. One day, a woman will become President of the United States. I sincerely hope Robertson is alive at that time. I'd love to see the look on that guy's face when a woman is announced as the winner of a presidential election. I'm guessing there would be a 50/50 chance he'd suffer a heart attack when hearing the announcement. The following day's headline would read, "Robertson's final words were, 'That ugly bi**h!'"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/pat-robertson-blames-awful-looking-women-marriage-problems_n_2479459.html
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