In the 19th century, women didn't have many rights...if any at all. It seems they were viewed in society more as a slave than an equal to man. Men seemed to be afraid to give women a voice so they did the only thing they could do...keep them quiet: "He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice" (Stanton 51). During this time period women did what men told them to do and didn't think any different: ...having in object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her" (Stanton 51). Today as a married woman, we seemed to be viewed more as an equal...men and women complement each other with their strengths and weaknesses. A married woman in the 19th century didn't have the option to even show her strengths: "He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead....He has taken from her all right in property...He has made her, morally, an irresponsible being..." (Stanton 51). Talk about getting knocked down and staying down...a female doormat for the man. I appreciate the people in history who fought for what they believed in: Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and many others who changed the course of history for the better. With so many different quotes to pull from "Declaration of Sentiments", it's hard to just use a couple...so I will add one more: "He has created a false public sentiment, by giving to the world a different code of morals for man and woman, by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society, are not only tolerated but deemed of little account when committed by man" (Stanton 52). That honestly made me laugh out loud. To think that women had totally different rules from a man...and even if a man did something immoral it didn't matter. These days there are still a few old school thoughts about women, however, I do feel that women have certainly made a place in the world.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Doormats...NO MORE!
In the 19th century, women didn't have many rights...if any at all. It seems they were viewed in society more as a slave than an equal to man. Men seemed to be afraid to give women a voice so they did the only thing they could do...keep them quiet: "He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice" (Stanton 51). During this time period women did what men told them to do and didn't think any different: ...having in object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her" (Stanton 51). Today as a married woman, we seemed to be viewed more as an equal...men and women complement each other with their strengths and weaknesses. A married woman in the 19th century didn't have the option to even show her strengths: "He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead....He has taken from her all right in property...He has made her, morally, an irresponsible being..." (Stanton 51). Talk about getting knocked down and staying down...a female doormat for the man. I appreciate the people in history who fought for what they believed in: Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and many others who changed the course of history for the better. With so many different quotes to pull from "Declaration of Sentiments", it's hard to just use a couple...so I will add one more: "He has created a false public sentiment, by giving to the world a different code of morals for man and woman, by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society, are not only tolerated but deemed of little account when committed by man" (Stanton 52). That honestly made me laugh out loud. To think that women had totally different rules from a man...and even if a man did something immoral it didn't matter. These days there are still a few old school thoughts about women, however, I do feel that women have certainly made a place in the world.
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Women have definately made thier place in the world now thought we are still not equal, we can choose to make an impact and be powerful enought to overcome this obstacle. This was near impossible in the 18th century but someewhere, like you said, we decided to be doormats NO MORE.! We clearly were too strong to be thought for and not empowered fought for. Love this picture by the way ;)
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