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I love your comparison, Erin! It seems that Dr. Frederick believes that women that have any sexual interests beyond procreating must be sexually perverted. Developing and exploring such interests will only lead to an indifference towards men and the desire to molest children with other women. I feel Frederick was trying to reinforce the idea of a "proper" lady that wasn't particularly interested in sex, as John mentioned, by making sexuality seem horrible. And yet, Dr. Frederick's claims are lacking any kind of clear evidence. I wonder if more readers believed or didn't believe what this man wrote. I laughed at the last line, "the numbers and variations of practices are so various that it would take pages to mention them" (p. 4). This is probably an exaggeration, yet I could see Dr. Frederick coming up with pages of exaggerated claims just to prove his point. -- CBrau | I love your comparison, Erin! It seems that Dr. Frederick believes that women that have any sexual interests beyond procreating must be sexually perverted. Developing and exploring such interests will only lead to an indifference towards men and the desire to molest children with other women. I feel Frederick was trying to reinforce the idea of a "proper" lady that wasn't particularly interested in sex, as John mentioned, by making sexuality seem horrible. And yet, Dr. Frederick's claims are lacking any kind of clear evidence. I wonder if more readers believed or didn't believe what this man wrote. I laughed at the last line, "the numbers and variations of practices are so various that it would take pages to mention them" (p. 4). This is probably an exaggeration, yet I could see Dr. Frederick coming up with pages of exaggerated claims just to prove his point. -- CBrau | ||
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| + | If there was one article I read out loud incredulously as I forced my roommate to listen, it was this one. Fredericks gets the Women's History prize for Official Idiot, and I hope he was recognized as such during his time, although I doubt it. His accusations are not only wildly speculative and libelous, but also unfounded and unsupported by neutral documentation. Even if you took out the ridiculous subject material, his disturbing lack of evidence and wild examples would make for an extremely weak argument. --Sarah Smethurst | ||
== Carrie Chapman Catt’s address to the LWV == | == Carrie Chapman Catt’s address to the LWV == | ||
