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Marriage Advice To Young Ladies From 1918 By A Suffragette Is Radical And Hilarious At The Same Time
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Marriage Advice To Young Ladies From 1918 By A Suffragette Is Radical And Hilarious At The Same Time

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If International Woman’s Day did anything it shed light on how far women have come and how far we still have to go, but either way, we still have a lot of feminists to thank who have fought for equality through endless movements along the way. One of the most notable feminist movements and groups in history was the suffragettes, who fought for women’s right to vote and gender equality across society.

Naturally, this set of fiery women had some strong views on all topics, not just voting, or work equality but about marriage as well. A post on marriage advice from 1918 suffrage history has been making the rounds on the internet and has gone viral – and when you read it it’s easy to see why.

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The suffragette movement began in the late 19th and 20th centuries because men in the United Kingdom had the right to vote but not the women. From this inequality was born two groups, the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies and the Women’s Social and Political Union. The term suffragette comes from the word suffrage, which means the right to vote in political elections and was actually created by newspapers to mock these women.

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There were both men and women who didn’t support the idea of women voting, but they campaigned on with peaceful protests, banners, and badges.  In 1900 the Suffragists’ had gained enough momentum that several bills in support of women’s suffrage won support in Parliament but not enough to pass. Following this defeat, the movement evolved and would employ more extreme protest tactics from hunger strikes to stepping out in front of the King’s racehorse. Through their work women finally gained the right to vote in 1928.

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Recently a 1918 pamphlet from a suffragette, on display at the Pontypridd Museum in Wales, went viral – for its sage advice for women who are thinking of getting married

Her advice starts off strong, maybe too strong, with the simple statement “do not marry at all.” Of course, as promised she follows up her number one rule with actual advice for those who want to marry the mostly “lazy, selfish, thoughtless, lying, drunken, clumsy, heavy-footed, rough, unmanly brutes.” Much like dogs sister suffragette says that if you want to keep your man happy just “feed the brute.”

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1918, the year the pamphlet was published was a breakthrough year for womens’ suffrage. A bill was passed in Parliament that granted some women the right to vote as long as they were over the age of 30, and owned property or were married to someone who owned property.

Women in the comments joked that much of this advice was just as relevant today

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Sofie Tapia is a journalism graduate from the University of Kentucky. She is now a free-spirited content creator who wanders the globe rearranging words for various outlets. She previously worked as a reporter for Lebanon Daily News and worked as an editor at both Al-Masry Al-Youm and Egypt Independent. She can be reached at Sofie@BoredPanda.com

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Sofie Tapia is a journalism graduate from the University of Kentucky. She is now a free-spirited content creator who wanders the globe rearranging words for various outlets. She previously worked as a reporter for Lebanon Daily News and worked as an editor at both Al-Masry Al-Youm and Egypt Independent. She can be reached at Sofie@BoredPanda.com

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Ozacoter
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People says that this is very sexist. It is, it is not nice to generalize and insult men. But we need to understand how badly women were treated back then.Men did not allowed then to vote, to study, to have a profession, open bank acounts, start business, deny sex to their men, uae contraception. They werel ocked in asylums for harmless things like reading or enjoying sex. I do not agree with what she said but I understand why she was so angry.

Frank Enstein
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Two wrongs make a right? Men that were sexist and treated women badly were in the wrong. Women that are sexist and treat men badly are also wrong. Sexism is never right or acceptable either way.

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YZ
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is pretty sexist but funny. And back in the day, i think the rage against men was more justified.

Jo Bebe
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is still justified way too often. That's what's sad about this, all too true all too often

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Not Alec
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol! TJler, you NEVER cease to disappoint me! Keep up the good work! 😂

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Ozacoter
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People says that this is very sexist. It is, it is not nice to generalize and insult men. But we need to understand how badly women were treated back then.Men did not allowed then to vote, to study, to have a profession, open bank acounts, start business, deny sex to their men, uae contraception. They werel ocked in asylums for harmless things like reading or enjoying sex. I do not agree with what she said but I understand why she was so angry.

Frank Enstein
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5 years ago

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Two wrongs make a right? Men that were sexist and treated women badly were in the wrong. Women that are sexist and treat men badly are also wrong. Sexism is never right or acceptable either way.

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YZ
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is pretty sexist but funny. And back in the day, i think the rage against men was more justified.

Jo Bebe
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is still justified way too often. That's what's sad about this, all too true all too often

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Not Alec
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol! TJler, you NEVER cease to disappoint me! Keep up the good work! 😂

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