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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 | ||
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| + | The section on the length and the complications of courtship reminded me of a book I read last semester called "The Coquette." It was a fictional book, meant to be letters written by a woman and her two suitors. She had to choose between the boring and safe man, or the man who was less financially secure and a flirt. She waited too long in her decision, and both men stopped pursuing her; she ended up pregnant, depressed, and then died alone in childbirth. The message in that book (written in the 19th century) was clear: if women did not marry they would end up destitute, pregnant, and dead. In relating this back to "American Manhood," the author really emphasized the social pressures and expectations of courting and marriage.--Joyce | ||
