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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 | 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 | ||
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| + | I agree with Allison about how ironic his description of marriage was. He says "It is their duty to dwell together with one another." (P. 28) The ironic thing was that he says how men and women should "dwell" together, which implies equality, yet he says the woman must submit to the husband and obey him. Another interesting thing I found was that Wadsworth says "Though he governs her he must not treat her as a servant, but as his own flesh; he must love her as himself." (P. 29) Wadsworth contradicts himself because he makes references such as the "husband's government" yet calls for men to see their wives as equals. --- Alex Mankarios | ||
== Susanna Wesley, 1732, Evangelical Child-Rearing == | == Susanna Wesley, 1732, Evangelical Child-Rearing == | ||
