Marital Rating Chart From 1939
Boing Boing highlights a 1939 test system devised by George W. Crane, MD, a nationally syndicated marriage counselor from the time.
"The test was designed to give couples feedback on their marriages. Either husbands or wives could take the test, which rated wives in a variety of areas. For instance, if your wife "uses slang or profanity," she would get a score of five demerits. On the other hand, if she "reacts with pleasure and delight to marital congress," she would receive 10 merits. The test taker would add up the total number of merits and demerits to receive a raw score, which would categorize the wife on a scale from "very poor" to "very superior."The full chart has been posted to Flickr. I'm not sure a super-computer could even calculate the number of negative points my girlfriend has accumulated from "demerit" number nine.