respect...
Posted by P. Bingham on January 27, 1998 at 19:11:33:
In response to Respect, written by Marie Bernadette on January 26, 1998 at 23:20:06
I think you understood what I was getting at. The men in my family behave respectively towards the women, of course, and they love them, and of course they do hold them in high regard. It would be indecent not to do so. But the question is... do they really respect them as women? It has been the same through all ages. I only use this as an example. What brought this to my mind was Clinton's scandal. Adultery. Now Clinton must obviously hold his wife in high regard, she deserves it. But does he really , truly respect her? What I meant by the Old South was that, in many ways, certain things never change. I know that adultery runs rampant in my family (not my immediate one, thank you), of course that is not to say that Adultery runs rampant in the South. In Jane Austen's time it was acceptable for the man to be unfaithful but if the woman did such a thing... even now it can be constrewed the same way. I guess what I am getting at might be that how can a man truly respect a woman when he disrespects her in such a way. I know these are two seperate issues and I'm only confusing them. Adultery is only one example of what I mean by disrespecting women, of course. Look how long it took for women to be given the right to vote. All these women were likely respected by their husbands...but were they really?
But it is nice that someone in this community can post a question and both sexes are answering on equal ground. The women have shown the men that they know their stuff and the men can add to it, embellish it, or change it all together with their own opinion. All because we have something in common, a love for things Jane Austen.
This is not to insinuate that my husband does not respect me, please. My husband has learned quite alot from me and I shall never let him forget it!
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