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We talked about the idea of women as "adored and oppressed" in my Women's Studies class last year - positive and negative sexism, I think we called it, and discussed how the two reinforced each other. But other than pointing out that women are in trouble whether married or not, he doesn't go actually talk very much about that problem; rather, he seems to see women's oppression as a result of their emotional fragility, and asks men to give them a bit more credit without suggesting that their roles need change at all. -- Katie C. | We talked about the idea of women as "adored and oppressed" in my Women's Studies class last year - positive and negative sexism, I think we called it, and discussed how the two reinforced each other. But other than pointing out that women are in trouble whether married or not, he doesn't go actually talk very much about that problem; rather, he seems to see women's oppression as a result of their emotional fragility, and asks men to give them a bit more credit without suggesting that their roles need change at all. -- Katie C. | ||
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| + | The reading in which Thomas Paine admits women have some rights was an enjoyable and surprising read. The fact that a man is defending women’s rights in any way during this time is amazing, and even more, such an influential writer as Thomas Paine. The words tyranny and oppression are used quite a bit, these words I have found to be used in many of these revolutionary writings. Tyranny and oppression are two of the most taboo words of the time due to the fact that America itself is oppressed by a tyrannical force. -- Emma C. | ||
== Excellency in Our Sex by Judith Sargent Murray, 1790 == | == Excellency in Our Sex by Judith Sargent Murray, 1790 == | ||
