lets see how many people I can piss off
Women, Stop Fighting.
Dear Editor,
I think women’s suffrage, the women’s rights movement, and feminism is completely ridiculous. Women are venturing out into the work force with such zeal and they are leaving their homes at risk. Children are left only to be raised by daycares, nannies, or baby sitters and housework is being left to the maid. It is a women’s prerogative to be barefoot and pregnant standing in a kitchen cooking dinner for her husband. Gone are the days when women stayed home. The hunt for accomplishment and sense of self worth has driven many women to ignore their traditional place in society and this is not acceptable.
The problem all started before the American Revolution, when women were allowed to hold their own protest against the Tea Act. It was absurd in those times for women to be carrying on in such a manner. This behavior is mocked in a British cartoon, depicting “A Society of Patriotic Ladies” who are shown sitting around drinking tea, carrying on, and forgetting about the children. (Boyer et.al., 2000) This portrait is a good representation of the start of the women’s upheaval. It was outlandish at that time, and women should have had no say in the matter. Women of those days did not make wages and did not pay taxes. The ladies reaped the benefits of their husband’s wages and their husbands paid the taxes on the tea that they drank.
In another revolutionary tale, Abigail Williams writes her husband John Adams and tells him to “remember the Ladies” when forming this new government. (Boyer et.al., 2000) He responds back in a manner that put her in her place. He reminds her that the men hold the titles in society and hold the say.
And so it began. The women had begun the rise against their position in society.
Fast-forwarding to today, women hold jobs in just about every field of work: police, military, fire, medical, political, and social. They have left the home front and put themselves out into immediate danger. 2005 in an Atlanta courthouse, a women police officer was shot in the head when the criminal she was escorting alone managed to snatch her gun. Three others died in this conflict. Was this right? Was it right for a woman officer to be escorting a male convict? No it wasn’t right. Men are physically suited better for some jobs than others. But because of equal rights and liberties, women must have the same opportunities as men.
The ladies of the suffrage movement tried for years and years to get the right to vote, giving the ladies of today the right to hold political office and even talk of a women running for President. It is not right for a woman to be in a position of power over men. As says in the Bible, 1 Timothy 2:11-15, “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through childbearing-if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.”
America was founded using Judeo-Christian values, these being families rearing children in a nurturing environment, where the mother is usually present. In today’s society where both parents work, who is left to raise the children? Values are given not taught, and with mothers away working while the children are growing up, no one is left to instill family values. In the early 1800s wives held a place in society as the subordinate to their husband. These wives reigned superior in employing moral influences while the husbands were viewed as moneymaker and governing force. This view has been held through society until recent decades when women hit the work force. Mother’s were no longer available for their children because of work. The maternal role replaced by a day care or after school programs. Because of women’s liberation the ethical system of family is being compromised.
Women who ventured away from the home in the 1800s did not have such homey values as those who stayed. Some women chose to work in mills and factories. They experienced the men’s workload in full. The Lowell Mill girls worked to live, as many women do in present day. However, in those times a workingwoman was looked down upon, they were certainly no ladies, wearing coarse aprons, and at risk of danger. The Lowell Mill girls had a mindset of their own, they set out to be independent. They earned wages far lower than that of the workingman of that day. Not much has changed today as women in their peak years 35-45 earn on average $20,000 less than men (“The Economy: Fact File, Income by Age and Gender”, 2007). If women are striving for equality, it seems they have yet to reach it.
So this struggle that has existed over women’s rights since pre-revolutionary days has not resolved, and has by no means bettered society. Society has since declined in moral status since women went to work. There will always be prejudices and some woman feminist to fight them. But women were created for a sole purpose, to bare children and raise them. If one chooses to venture out into the work force, she must first think of what she is leaving behind. She must then think of its practicality. Equal rights may exist, however, let me leave asking one question, would be carried out of a burning building by a male female firefighter?
Works Cited:
Boyer, B., Clark, C.E., Kett, J.F., Salisbury, N., Sitkoff, H., & Woloch, N., (2000). Enduring Voices Volume ! to 1877. USA: Houghton Mills Company
The Economy: Fact File, Income by Age and Gender (2007). Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.publicagenda.com/issues/factfiles_detail.cfm?issue_type=economy&list=21
Holy Bible: New International Version. New International Bible Society, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan, 1999.
Dear Editor,
I think women’s suffrage, the women’s rights movement, and feminism is completely ridiculous. Women are venturing out into the work force with such zeal and they are leaving their homes at risk. Children are left only to be raised by daycares, nannies, or baby sitters and housework is being left to the maid. It is a women’s prerogative to be barefoot and pregnant standing in a kitchen cooking dinner for her husband. Gone are the days when women stayed home. The hunt for accomplishment and sense of self worth has driven many women to ignore their traditional place in society and this is not acceptable.
The problem all started before the American Revolution, when women were allowed to hold their own protest against the Tea Act. It was absurd in those times for women to be carrying on in such a manner. This behavior is mocked in a British cartoon, depicting “A Society of Patriotic Ladies” who are shown sitting around drinking tea, carrying on, and forgetting about the children. (Boyer et.al., 2000) This portrait is a good representation of the start of the women’s upheaval. It was outlandish at that time, and women should have had no say in the matter. Women of those days did not make wages and did not pay taxes. The ladies reaped the benefits of their husband’s wages and their husbands paid the taxes on the tea that they drank.
In another revolutionary tale, Abigail Williams writes her husband John Adams and tells him to “remember the Ladies” when forming this new government. (Boyer et.al., 2000) He responds back in a manner that put her in her place. He reminds her that the men hold the titles in society and hold the say.
And so it began. The women had begun the rise against their position in society.
Fast-forwarding to today, women hold jobs in just about every field of work: police, military, fire, medical, political, and social. They have left the home front and put themselves out into immediate danger. 2005 in an Atlanta courthouse, a women police officer was shot in the head when the criminal she was escorting alone managed to snatch her gun. Three others died in this conflict. Was this right? Was it right for a woman officer to be escorting a male convict? No it wasn’t right. Men are physically suited better for some jobs than others. But because of equal rights and liberties, women must have the same opportunities as men.
The ladies of the suffrage movement tried for years and years to get the right to vote, giving the ladies of today the right to hold political office and even talk of a women running for President. It is not right for a woman to be in a position of power over men. As says in the Bible, 1 Timothy 2:11-15, “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. But women will be saved through childbearing-if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.”
America was founded using Judeo-Christian values, these being families rearing children in a nurturing environment, where the mother is usually present. In today’s society where both parents work, who is left to raise the children? Values are given not taught, and with mothers away working while the children are growing up, no one is left to instill family values. In the early 1800s wives held a place in society as the subordinate to their husband. These wives reigned superior in employing moral influences while the husbands were viewed as moneymaker and governing force. This view has been held through society until recent decades when women hit the work force. Mother’s were no longer available for their children because of work. The maternal role replaced by a day care or after school programs. Because of women’s liberation the ethical system of family is being compromised.
Women who ventured away from the home in the 1800s did not have such homey values as those who stayed. Some women chose to work in mills and factories. They experienced the men’s workload in full. The Lowell Mill girls worked to live, as many women do in present day. However, in those times a workingwoman was looked down upon, they were certainly no ladies, wearing coarse aprons, and at risk of danger. The Lowell Mill girls had a mindset of their own, they set out to be independent. They earned wages far lower than that of the workingman of that day. Not much has changed today as women in their peak years 35-45 earn on average $20,000 less than men (“The Economy: Fact File, Income by Age and Gender”, 2007). If women are striving for equality, it seems they have yet to reach it.
So this struggle that has existed over women’s rights since pre-revolutionary days has not resolved, and has by no means bettered society. Society has since declined in moral status since women went to work. There will always be prejudices and some woman feminist to fight them. But women were created for a sole purpose, to bare children and raise them. If one chooses to venture out into the work force, she must first think of what she is leaving behind. She must then think of its practicality. Equal rights may exist, however, let me leave asking one question, would be carried out of a burning building by a male female firefighter?
Works Cited:
Boyer, B., Clark, C.E., Kett, J.F., Salisbury, N., Sitkoff, H., & Woloch, N., (2000). Enduring Voices Volume ! to 1877. USA: Houghton Mills Company
The Economy: Fact File, Income by Age and Gender (2007). Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.publicagenda.com/issues/factfiles_detail.cfm?issue_type=economy&list=21
Holy Bible: New International Version. New International Bible Society, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan, 1999.