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Post by ejohnson on Nov 29, 2010 10:53:56 GMT -5
I admire Nellie McClung. All Canada thought that women were next to criminals and lunatics, well the men thought this. Women were not allowed to vote, women do not get paid as much as men do, all a married women’s income belonged to her husband, and husbands were legally allowed to beat their wives. But what I think is the most absurd is the fact that the men were given control over their children, and the women was probably the one in the family to give birth and bring up the children. These duties were domestic and not worth a man’s time after all. (I would like to see every man take on the duties of a ‘domestic house wife’ of the 1800’s). Why shouldn’t women vote nor have any rights? Well Roblin said that it would cause domestic strife. But beating you wife isn’t considered to be domestic strife? As Nellie pointed out to him, the men of our world didn’t do that great of a job, like Nero or King Herod...lunatics. One woman was able to change the mind of a government with her words.
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Post by Mr. Delainey on Nov 30, 2010 11:47:08 GMT -5
McClung is one person in a long line of women fighting for recognition.
The funny thing is people mistake their culture for reality, i.e. The culture says women are weak, hysterical, dependent, etc. whereas in reality women are every bit as capable as men when it comes to intelligence, ingenuity, and so on. The only real differences between men and women are physical/physiological.
If you're interested, you should look up another female activist. Her name was Mary Wollenstonecraft. She was absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately, she had to write under a man's name because of the prejudice of the 18th Century in which she found herself. There are also a series of suffragettes in the English tradition that worked throughout the 19th Century to better the situation of women.
The irony is that some women enabled this "women are weak men are strong" male-dominated society, etc. I remember my grandmother and one of my aunties have arguments about what a woman should or should not do. My grandma was "old school" and insisted a woman should stay home and raise children and remain outside of the workplace. My Auntie Sylvia disagreed and believed women who remained in the home were weak and enablers of male domination.
Who was right? Neither. In the end, a person is truly free when they choose what is right for them and their circumstances. It is important to be honest with yourself and make decisions that make sense to you (otherwise you're living for someone else which is the equivalent of prison in my mind).
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