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I also found the double standard irritating. Women were expected to be so much more moral and proper than men were and quite frequently they ended up with a ruined reputation for some minor action. I thought that some of that was interesting, however, especially in the section on courtship. Rotundo makes some interesting comments on women who were considered coquettes and the fact that king of behavior might be their only way to grasp control in the situation and they were seen as manipulative or vain and flighty. -Lacey | I also found the double standard irritating. Women were expected to be so much more moral and proper than men were and quite frequently they ended up with a ruined reputation for some minor action. I thought that some of that was interesting, however, especially in the section on courtship. Rotundo makes some interesting comments on women who were considered coquettes and the fact that king of behavior might be their only way to grasp control in the situation and they were seen as manipulative or vain and flighty. -Lacey | ||
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| + | As mentioned above the double standard between sexual behaviors of men and women was interesting, but what I found particularly interesting was the class double standard. As we discussed briefly in class on Tuesday, Dr. Blackwell alluded to a double standard based upon prostitution due to class and once again we see this. We see this double standard with prostitution, but also with lower class girls. I think it was very interesting that it was not deemed as impure to have sexual relations with a lower class girl. It was best summed up with the statement, “sex and nice girls should have nothing to do with each other.” – Mary Beth | ||
Also in the courtship section of the chapter Rotundo talks about the fact that men responded to their beloveds' letters more quickly than women did to their men. I thought this was really funny because the woman that I am writing my paper was almost twice as prolific than her husband in letter writing. This might be that her letters to him survived better than his, or any number of other reasons, but the fact that Edith appears to be an outlier made me giggle. -Lacey | Also in the courtship section of the chapter Rotundo talks about the fact that men responded to their beloveds' letters more quickly than women did to their men. I thought this was really funny because the woman that I am writing my paper was almost twice as prolific than her husband in letter writing. This might be that her letters to him survived better than his, or any number of other reasons, but the fact that Edith appears to be an outlier made me giggle. -Lacey | ||
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| + | Lacey has already mentioned the lengthy and more frequent love letters written by men which I also thought was interesting. I was really surprised that these love letters were the typical behavior of men. Since marriage had such a strong emphasis on manhood I would think expressing such emotions, especially in long love letters would be seen as more feminine. I can understand the eagerness of men to get married, but I would think it would be deemed by society as more appropriate for them to express it in their eagerness to find jobs or pressure women to shorter engagements, not in love letters. – Mary Beth | ||
I thought that is was a very interesting article. The article really portrayed courting as a power struggle between men and women, something which I had never considered before. What surprised me in reading this article was the length of some of the courtships. I understand that men were expected to be capable of financially caring for their wives before they could get married but I can imagine how frustrating it would be to find the right person and wait three and four and five years to marry them. --Sarah Gardner | I thought that is was a very interesting article. The article really portrayed courting as a power struggle between men and women, something which I had never considered before. What surprised me in reading this article was the length of some of the courtships. I understand that men were expected to be capable of financially caring for their wives before they could get married but I can imagine how frustrating it would be to find the right person and wait three and four and five years to marry them. --Sarah Gardner | ||
