How to Choose a Husband

And Make Peace with Marriage

By: Suzanne Venker

Narrated by: Chelsea Hatfield

Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

It's been forty years since the sexual revolution, and the women of America have everything they want. Everything, that is, except a husband. Women may be schooled in the art of sex, but they have failed in the art of love. That isn't surprising. The modern generation is living in a culture that isn't the least bit interested in helping them get hitched. For decades women have been taught to sleep around indiscriminately, to pursue an education and career at all costs, and to never depend on a man. As a result, women delay marriage indefinitely or ignore it altogether - as though marriage has no bearing on their happiness. As though it were a nice idea, or nice accompaniment, to an otherwise satisfying life. This is an unprecedented worldview. Until recently, women have always mapped out their lives according to what they considered their most important role: wife and mother. Today, women plan their entire futures around big careers. Husband and children come last. In How to Choose a Husband, social critic and bestselling author Suzanne Venker says American women need a detox. If they want to be happy, or just plain satisfied, they must do a 180 when it comes to their attitude toward sex, courtship, and married life. If they do, marriageable men will reappear - and women will find the love that eludes them.

©2013 Suzanne Venker (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Very eye opening!

Must read for everyone! Thoroughly enjoyed the topic and the ideas. I agree that we are seeing the fall out now of the “ME” trend.

Must read for women

Interesting perspective. Wish I listened to this years ago. Recently married, and I consider myself independent and successful, and think this book had some good advice!

Good advice even for a happily married woman

I can only imagine the reason someone wouldn't like this book is because they are unwilling to distance themselves from the second and third wave femanist movement. I loved this book and I have been married for 12 years. It's always good advice, especially when living in a society that constantly undermines motherhood before establishing a successful career, to hear that there are more pros than cons over staying home and raising a family. Great book. I only disliked the narrator because she was too robotic for me. I couldn't tell when she was quoting someone as there was no change in tone or voice and no emotion, even when making a joke.

Mixed feelings

I have mixed feelings about the information because of my upbringing. Like the author said. I may not agree with her but try it out. So I will. This book was engaging.

No thanks

I'll just stay single if this is what is expected of me. it's a hard pass

This book is crap

Title says it all, don't read this unless you really only mostly want a husband and a bunch of babies and nothing else out of life, the author strongly discourages anything more in ones desires.

Terrible book. and I rarely leave bad reviews

there's a lot of conjecture with no evidence to back it up. please do your own research and consider a more balanced approach.