men and women - Addison Zanda

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When reading this, you have to really take into the account of the time this book was written and think about how different men's and women's lives were in the mid-late 1700's to today's world. Chapter 3 provides a quote to describe the idea of strength of men to women, "bodily strength seems to give man a natural superiority over women" (38). Though women had remained in a stage a weakness, the 1700's didn't seem to teach women to have any "strength." Their work came mostly from sewing, playing with dolls, and helping with any type of house work while men played a strong role in society by working and providing for family, but we see that's not the case in today's world. When is comes to strength, education, and work ethic, how similar are these aspects between men and women are equal? It seemed as if it was "hard" for women to be strong as they had been described as delicate. If a husband is/were to die in a household, the duties of a woman double. Is that strength then? I promise I'm in no way saying man is better than a woman, I have absolutely no reason to because there are so many people in the world better than me.... FACTS. It was a hard read, but I'm excited to dive more into the background thought of a woman from the late 1700's.

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Mackenzie Jackson said…
I agree with your post, Addison. In order to fully understand this book, you have to see it from the viewpoint of people in the 1700's. Women had very different jibs back then, compared to today. Women were taught/told that they had no power, and once someone is told something long enough, they will start to believe it. Good job!
October 21, 2019 at 3:31 PM
Joshua Evers said…
Context is definitely key, the world she was attempting to reach with her arguments held women under serious restrictions regarding education. This in and of itself is worth the work of composing her arguments. Suppressing education among a group is cruel and unusual punishment. In many cases, because they were kept ignorant, they really did have no power. They were kept from realizing they were even being indoctrinated with ignorance.
October 21, 2019 at 5:18 PM
Cade Wood said…
For sure, like Josh said, context is key. Women were, to the best of my understanding and according to what people much smarter than me have already posted about and commented, held to such a lower standard. Maybe even forced to remain at that standard. It seems as though even today they still aren't considered "equal" but I suppose that would depend on one's own point of view. Also, the ending made me laugh, so thats a plus.
October 21, 2019 at 9:51 PM
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