that book sounds awful and it just reduced people to stereotypes.
I submit that all people can act like children and it is hardly a male vs female problem.
As for the stupid thing, I wouldn't want to be with my W if she thought I was a stupid simpleton who was too dumb to know what my child needs. This kind of cr@p (and it sounds like it) does way more harm to male-female relationships in the long run.
Like the giving into sex/activities on a busy morning. That may work for the short term, but it sounds like a recipe to build up resentment.
Seriously was this book written in the 50s.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. --Jean Jacques Rousseau.