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I agree with the previous comments made about the Husbands and Wives Article written by Benjamin Wadsworth. At the very beginning it seems that men and women are equal by saying that there love is mutual and it should be performed by each and overall that they both needed to work together in order to have a good family. Then Wadsworth’s views turn completely around by saying “the husband is called the head of the woman” and that they ought to be under their husband’s government. Did all Puritan men around this time feel the same way as Wadsworth? Nick J | I agree with the previous comments made about the Husbands and Wives Article written by Benjamin Wadsworth. At the very beginning it seems that men and women are equal by saying that there love is mutual and it should be performed by each and overall that they both needed to work together in order to have a good family. Then Wadsworth’s views turn completely around by saying “the husband is called the head of the woman” and that they ought to be under their husband’s government. Did all Puritan men around this time feel the same way as Wadsworth? Nick J | ||
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| + | Benjamin Wadsworth’s description of marriage seemed ironic. Marriage was meant to involve mutual affection, yet the husband was always in charge of the wife and the wife was always supposed to be obedient to the husband. I thought the end of Wadsworth’s account was funny because he reminded women that although they really may be superior to their husbands in intelligence, wealth, and class, God still intended them to be ruled by these stupid, poor, common men. That made me wonder if Puritans considered gender roles more binding than social class. -Allison Luthern | ||
== Susanna Wesley, 1732, Evangelical Child-Rearing == | == Susanna Wesley, 1732, Evangelical Child-Rearing == | ||
