FW 6.3 A Beauty in Distress - Fascinating Femininity

 Hello, Beautiful Homemakers!

In today's video we cover a lot of ground in Pamphlet 6 of the original 1922 Fascinating Womanhood pamphlets.

We discuss:

• Gaining Immediate Notice, if circumstances allow: "You are the helpless beauty in distress again, and the man feels challenged to prove his superiority by finding a way to show you that exhibit."

 

• A Stroll Through the Park, with the most important sentence being: "Every time one of them takes your hand to help your tenderness over this, that, or the other obstacle, he feels the contrast between your womanliness and his manhood - a good feeling for him to have, and a feeling that is a genuine pleasure to him."

 

• Making the most of a picnic:  "The modest little thing naturally became even more frightened at such a proposal; she blushed, became confused, and finally became so daintily reproachful that the man was enchanted.  And when he finally persuaded her to place her confiding, trusting hand in his, and throw herself upon his manly guidance...he could never forget the occasion. The contrast between this timid creature and his own confident, danger-scorning self, made him feel twice the man he was before."

 

• Do you know how to be teased?  There's a wrong way to act and a winsome way.  "How can you treat little ol' me in such a mean way?"

 

• At the Dance:  Why do men prefer women in dainty, fragile, soft, and delicate gowns versus short, black, body-hugging dresses?  Because the fabric conveys the qualities of the wearer herself. (Remember how we have discussed how your clothes 'say it for you'?)  Men want dainty, fragile, soft, delicate women for wives.  If you must wear black, don't imitate a street walker. Wear soft velvet, or dainty tulle or chiffon, or have lots of delicate lace covering your back and arms.  Don't show too much cleavage!  Don't let your skirt be too short. 

If your dress dips down showing some cleavage, then your skirt needs to be longer.  If your skirt is above your knees, then your decolletage needs to be covered.  (I wish I had remembered to say this on the video!)

 

See how these girls wearing beautiful, delicate fabrics, do not look elegant?  It's because their skirts are too short.   They look like they are a wearing preschoolers' dress-up gowns!  If their gown was the proper length, like Grace Kelly below, they would look elegant.

The girl in pink looks a bit washed out, but it's a beautifully feminine dress.  I am not a fan of sleeveless or off the shoulder dresses, because in most situations they are not appropriate. If those "sleeves" covered her shoulders, she could wear the dress to more places.  Grace Kelly's modest bodice is much more attractive.

 

Don't wear platform heels!  Would a princess wear platform heels?  Never!  If two women walk into a room wearing the same outfit and one has on platform heels, that one will look "loose" and not "wife" material, and she will be treated accordingly by all the men. Plus, platform heels make your feet look visually bigger and "clunky." 

      

Instead, look the part of "a tenderly feminine adorable...If you use judgment and taste, as well as your newly acquired understanding of men's main characteristics, in preparing for the occasion, you have a great opportunity to attract attention by your appearance alone, without the aid of definite action on your part."

 

• At the Theatre, Afternoon Tea, a Reception, Etc.: Act the part of Angela Human that you have been practicing from Pamphlet 4.  "Seize every opportunity to emphasize the character you are assuming. Read chapters 7 and 8 over and over [playlist 4], until you are sure you know what is required of fascinating femininity, and apply this knowledge constantly in your daily conduct.  Continue until playing the part of Angela Human becomes second nature to you.  When that point is reached, you can depend on the man to do the rest..."
  

 

 

The video above begins Pamphlet 4.  

You can also go to my YouTube page and click under "Playlists" and find the playlist for Pamphlets 3 and 4.  You can start with Pamphlet 3 and go all the way through, or start with pamphlet 4 for a review of chapters 7 and 8.

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May God bless you as you become tender, feminine, and adorable to the man God has for you,

Janine