FULL
TEXT: As society is made, it is almost impossible for a man to go the right way
about his relations with woman. The system prescribes a certain attitude. It is
the attitude of crawl, salaam, obsequiousness and second fiddle.
If
you depart from it by a hair’s breadth your woman become suspicious of you. If
you advise other men to depart from it you get a bad name.
Women
stand up for women’s rights and are made the subject of applause, bouquets and illuminated addresses. The man who dares come
out strong for men’s rights does not breathe. Men do not want him. They are
like canaries in cages, afraid to go out lest the cat get them. Peace at any
price is man’s rule of life.
Abroad
he will swagger and bluster, and bully. “Nemo me impune lacessit!” he roars. At
home his watchword is ‘‘Blessed are the meek.” Abroad he frowns and breathes fire;
at home he is plain, unvarnished “him.” Abroad he struts, at home he slinks. Abroad
he is very wise, at home he is a little child.— Gentlewoman.
[“Poor,
Abused Man! What Male Is There Who Will Stand Up for Man’s Rights?” Boston
Globe (Ma.), May 1, 1904, p. 32; Illustration from fashion article on
preceding page (31)]
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