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I also agree that the chapter on Marriage in the American Manhood article was interesting. I was struck by the fact that women were seen as moral guides and therefore "superior" to men in matters of moral behavior. Yet because of this their spouses often spent a lot of time away from them to avoid the structure and moral rigidity of the home. It is very contradictory to be afraid of what you expect your wife to be. I also found the discussion of male and female societies and clubs to be very interesting as I had never considered them to have been viewed by some as a replacement for the home. Overall, I felt that this was a very informative article but that many of their examples seemed to highlight the outliers and not the "typical" couple of the nineteenth century. --Sarah Gardner | I also agree that the chapter on Marriage in the American Manhood article was interesting. I was struck by the fact that women were seen as moral guides and therefore "superior" to men in matters of moral behavior. Yet because of this their spouses often spent a lot of time away from them to avoid the structure and moral rigidity of the home. It is very contradictory to be afraid of what you expect your wife to be. I also found the discussion of male and female societies and clubs to be very interesting as I had never considered them to have been viewed by some as a replacement for the home. Overall, I felt that this was a very informative article but that many of their examples seemed to highlight the outliers and not the "typical" couple of the nineteenth century. --Sarah Gardner | ||
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| + | I have to agree with Augusta concerning Mintz and Kellogg's discussion of polygamy and the Mormons. I have never thought to approach their understanding of polygamy as a means to maintain patriarchy in the family or at least it was used as a justification for the practice. I also found it ironic that while women were given greater privileges and attention they were actually constricted into a small domestic world with few opportunities. It is unfortunate that it was believed that to obtain the proper emotional attachment to one's children the wife was expected to be only a housewife. --Sarah Gardner | ||
