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Just like all the other posts stated, I found this article more comical than persuasive. Howe tries to argue that women do not need the right to vote using by a lot of (in my opinion) ridiculous points. I particularly liked how she stated "I don't care about facts. I ask for proof." I think that suffragists at this time were trying hard to push for rights for women, and that should be Howe's proof. She seems to really embody the idea that women are passive creatures which is almost, in a sense, degrading to women, especially when she states "I am a creature of impulse, instinct and intuition- and I glory in it." -abratchi | Just like all the other posts stated, I found this article more comical than persuasive. Howe tries to argue that women do not need the right to vote using by a lot of (in my opinion) ridiculous points. I particularly liked how she stated "I don't care about facts. I ask for proof." I think that suffragists at this time were trying hard to push for rights for women, and that should be Howe's proof. She seems to really embody the idea that women are passive creatures which is almost, in a sense, degrading to women, especially when she states "I am a creature of impulse, instinct and intuition- and I glory in it." -abratchi | ||
| + | Erin, I love the comparison to the Colbert Report. That is exactly how I felt about this article and I too was laughing by the end of it. This article would have been a great comedic performance if that needed to advertise the ridiculous arguments of the anti-suffrage movements. My favorite expression was that of a “womanly women.” Howe states that “facts and statistics are things which no truly womanly women would ever use,” (103) and appears to be pointing to the fact that women were not meant to be smart or understand anything of the “men’s world”. Howe then depicts this anti-suffragist woman to think that with the ability to vote, and all the other public ideals that come with it, will put “pressure on the brain, effect of this mental strain on women’s delicate nervous organization,” (104). As if we as women are not made to handle the simple task of checking a ballot and dropping a piece of paper into a box. I wonder if these were real anti’s arguments of the time or if Howe is exaggerating a few lines. -Morgan M. | ||
I also found this article extremely amusing. When Howe states that “men should remain men” and that “women should remain women” (102) she points out that if the roles were reversed, how would you explain that to the children? On a serious note, I would like to ponder how she would respond to same sex marriage and family life? Obviously that question cannot be answered but I think watching her pick apart that aspect of life would be very interesting and possibly ridiculous. Also her claim that the ballot is the only thing that makes a husband faithful (104); otherwise he becomes a drunk and a disgrace to society. Apparently she had never met a guy who fit these characteristics if her only reason for explaining their existences is the ballot (which he was entitled t already and which women were not) was already in his domain of influence….--jmarshal | I also found this article extremely amusing. When Howe states that “men should remain men” and that “women should remain women” (102) she points out that if the roles were reversed, how would you explain that to the children? On a serious note, I would like to ponder how she would respond to same sex marriage and family life? Obviously that question cannot be answered but I think watching her pick apart that aspect of life would be very interesting and possibly ridiculous. Also her claim that the ballot is the only thing that makes a husband faithful (104); otherwise he becomes a drunk and a disgrace to society. Apparently she had never met a guy who fit these characteristics if her only reason for explaining their existences is the ballot (which he was entitled t already and which women were not) was already in his domain of influence….--jmarshal | ||
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