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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. | 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. | ||
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| + | Thomas Paine gives a sensitive look into the gender roles of colonial America. He asserts the absence of public esteem that women garner, even when their contributions to society are as important if not more than that of their male counterparts. It is truly a shame that women are a "vanquished people, obliged to toil for their conquerors" (288). This description evokes images of Native Americans being overtaken by Europeans or by slaves being forced to submit to the will of their white masters'. However, oftentimes the life of a woman was similar because of the low public influence she was able to have. --Ellen S. | ||
== Excellency in Our Sex by Judith Sargent Murray, 1790 == | == Excellency in Our Sex by Judith Sargent Murray, 1790 == | ||
