This Is How You Could Rate The Quality Of Your Marriage in 1939

In 1939, American psychologist George W. Crane wanted to measure the quality of couples and marriages by creating two questionnaires entitled The Marital Rating, one for the wife and one for the husband. Both questionnaires  are of course incredibly misogynistic and allow us to learn a great deal about the values surrounding marriage and the place of women in the society of the 1930s. Deliciously vintage. Via: Ufunk

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    Text - MARITAL RATING SCALE MARITAL RATING SCALE WIFE'S CHART HUSBAND'S CHART George W. Crane, Ph. D., M. D. George W. Crane, Ph. D., M. D. In computing the score, check the various items under DEMERITS which frt the wife, and add the total. Each item counts one point unless specifically weighted as in the parentheses. Then check the items under MERITS which apply; now subtract the DEMERIT score from the MERIT score. The result is the wife's raw score. Interpret In computing the score, check the
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