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As much as I love being able to see a correlation between the 3rd Generation girls in "Feminist - New Style" and the modern American woman, it bothers me how unappreciative those girls seemed to be about all that had been accomplished, especially with the 2nd generation. True, feminist had a bit of a negative connotation because of how radical most of the suffragists were and it still has that "man-hating" connotation today, but what those women accomplished took a heck of a lot of work and energy. It just makes me wonder, are women today just as unappreciative of what other women had to suffer and fight for to give us the luxuries we have today? I certainly hope not. I do, however, like the last line, "If this be treason gentlemen, make the most of it." I did like this article a lot, and I like how Dorothe Dunbar Bromley emphasized how women should take control of their lives. But it just kind of bugged me how much she ragged on the 1st and 2nd generation women. -- Kelly Wuyscik | As much as I love being able to see a correlation between the 3rd Generation girls in "Feminist - New Style" and the modern American woman, it bothers me how unappreciative those girls seemed to be about all that had been accomplished, especially with the 2nd generation. True, feminist had a bit of a negative connotation because of how radical most of the suffragists were and it still has that "man-hating" connotation today, but what those women accomplished took a heck of a lot of work and energy. It just makes me wonder, are women today just as unappreciative of what other women had to suffer and fight for to give us the luxuries we have today? I certainly hope not. I do, however, like the last line, "If this be treason gentlemen, make the most of it." I did like this article a lot, and I like how Dorothe Dunbar Bromley emphasized how women should take control of their lives. But it just kind of bugged me how much she ragged on the 1st and 2nd generation women. -- Kelly Wuyscik | ||
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| + | I was shocked as well when I read about the WKKK. It just amazes me that more and more people were getting better educations but still people fell back on the "I am better than you" mentality. It amazes me that in their kreed they refer to having good morals and reputations and how patriotic they thought they were. I don't get how "White Supremecy" equals patriotism especially considering some of the things that the KKK would do. I know that my grandparents grew up in the 30's and they never supported these groups because my grandma always said violence against anyone was wrong but they had the same mentality towards different religions and blacks as these racial groups did. How did they reconcile the being a good Christian and believing in Jesus Christ like their Kreed says but then treat others the way they did?~~Mary Beth Conrad | ||
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| + | I was also very interested in reading teh "Generational Conflicts" by Dorothy Bromley. I found myself agreeing with alot that she says. I think that the feminists of the 1970's had the same kind of reputation of being antagonizers of men or as being man haters like the feminist-new style of the 20's thought the older feminists were. I remember growing up in the 70's and being adamant that I did not want to be known as a feminist when I grew up! I still hate that term because of the negative image I have from the Femi-nazis of the 70's but I guess my beliefs are very much "feminist". How did the feminist-new style turn into the femi-nazis of the 70's? Is it just a normal "cycle" of generations and the old "history repeats itself" argument or did something specific happen to cause the feminist to revert to the more militant end of the spectrum again?~~Mary Beth Conrad | ||
