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The excerpt from Caroline Gilman's novel was one of the few accounts I've read which is specifically about adjusting to married life. I particularly enjoyed her advice for dealing with men: "How clear it is, then, that woman loses by petulance and recrimination! Her first study must be self-control, almost to hypocrisy." What struck me as interesting is that many women today would give similar advice to young brides. Today, however, it is typically made clear that selective feminine submission can be used as a source of power. For example, think about how often, both in real life and in film and television, references are made to the necessity of humoring men to let them think they are in control.-- Ashley H. | The excerpt from Caroline Gilman's novel was one of the few accounts I've read which is specifically about adjusting to married life. I particularly enjoyed her advice for dealing with men: "How clear it is, then, that woman loses by petulance and recrimination! Her first study must be self-control, almost to hypocrisy." What struck me as interesting is that many women today would give similar advice to young brides. Today, however, it is typically made clear that selective feminine submission can be used as a source of power. For example, think about how often, both in real life and in film and television, references are made to the necessity of humoring men to let them think they are in control.-- Ashley H. | ||
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| + | I thought that document entitled "A Choctaw Mission School" was very interesting. The teachers seemed very kind and caring towards the Indian students and did not try to force the students to forget their native ways. I also noticed that Indian students quickly picked up the ways of Christianity and became concerned about their family members who were not Christian. What I want to know is how these girls fit back in with their families after they finished at this school. They had experienced something their family members had not and I wonder if these girls felt that they were now somehow better than their family because they had been to a "white school". ~K. Stinson~ | ||
