Gabrielle Reece, the former volleyball star and model who filed for divorce less than five years after tying the knot to surfer husband Laird Hamilton roughly 17 years ago, recently wrote a book explaining how she got her marriage back on track.
The key? In “My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper,” Reece credits an “old fashioned dynamic” and abiding by more traditional gender roles — and has created a firestorm in the process.
“To truly be feminine means being soft, receptive, and –- look out, here it comes –- submissive,” she wrote.OMG! OMG! shriek the usual suspects.
2. Dryden, as misquoted by Lord Chesterfield:
The prostrate lover, when he lowest lies,Iirc similar sentiments are expressed in the Tao Te Ching. I'll dig them out later if time and memory allow.
But stoops to conquer, and but kneels to rise.
3. If Reece's husband has a clue, he will recognize what's going on and accept it gracefully and gratefully.
You're a lucky man, Hamilton. If you have a brain, don't push that luck.
4. I'm assessing Reece's solution as a pragmatic one, not arguing that it applies across the board.
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