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The public at large has a very inadequate conception of what Feminism is, and what it intends to accomplish. It is a movement in relation to the status of women, and involves their political, social, economic and moral condition, both in regard to themselves and in relation to men and children, and to government.
In the solution of the Feminist question, the State, the Home and the Church are involved. Women are not alone in the advocacy of Feminism, but a few men also assist in its propaganda. It has its periodicals and lecturers.
The succeeding chapters define and analyze Feminism, not from the opinion of the author, but from the evidence of the Feminist authors and lectures as delivered to the public. The author only reserves to himself a review and comment.
In a foreword or summary of the essence of Feminism it can be fairly defined as follows: Feminism is exhibited by a spirit of unrest among a comparatively small number of dissatisfied women. They preach the gospel of unholy discontent. They are born agitators, and "dearly love a fight." They prefer war to peace; turmoil to tranquility; contention to concord; pride to humility; sophistry to truth; agnosticism to belief, and prefer to assert their own wills, "live their own lives" as against the precepts of all conventional morality, being moral anarchists.
Emphasis mine.
That marriage shall not require the sanction of priests, magistrates or other functionaries. Advocates a free contract in marriage, and that separation may occur at the will of either "mate." That divorce shall be made easy. That there may be a "novitiate of marriage," in other words, a "trial marriage," and that after a period, if either party is not pleased, the final "mating" need not be consummated.
Again, emphasis mine.
If children should result from such "trial," the duty of the state is to care for them, and the parties may enter into other "novitiates." If a Feminist wife works at household duties, she demands wages from her husband for domestic service, but household duties would be better done by expert "household engineers"--the wife going to work outside, and the children being sent to a state nursery, kindergarten to school.
As a tactic to advance their propaganda, they advocate Woman Suffrage, to gain the help of a sentimental class of women, who in reality desire to uplift and purify politics. Among other things they claim to Suffragets that by means of votes for women prohibition will be secured, child welfare will advance, when in fact the Feminists do not care a picayune for either. And it is certain that the plane of politics cannot be elevated when the heart and soul of the cause of suffrage is composed of Feminists--Socialist--for no fountain can rise higher than its source, and if the fountain head is filthy the outlet will be impure.
Feminism advocates "votes for women," and all Feminists are Suffragettes. Feminism declares for the economical freedom of woman, so that she may have a gainful occupation, independent of her husband and home, thus liberating herself from "sex slavery" to the end that she shall not be dependent on any man nor be "kept by any man." This to the end that she may be free to leave her "mate" at any time she will, regardless of the "conventionalities."
She declares that "motherhood" is a mere animal function, and that even a cat may have kittens; that motherhood has been made too much of in the past. Advocates with the Socialists that the State has a superior right to the parents over the nurture, conduct and education of the children.
Frowns on "compulsory" motherhood and advocates the "control of births" by artificial measures. Suggests that any woman may reject motherhood, and any woman with "mother love" may accept motherhood whether she is married or single.
The Feminist is a man hater, except as she may be able to use him for her purposes.
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I'd swear its like he was describing this decade... and it was almost a hundred years ago. I highly suggest to read this.
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