Unit 6 quiz: The Cult of Womanhood Flashcards
4 cardinal virtues of womanhood
domesticity
piety
purity
submissiveness
economic instabilities impact
hope for a fortunate future
if a plunge in wealth occurs than it is the wife job to focus solely her husband and his spirits as well as aiding him however possible in helping him get a new job
how did the 4 virtues aid a woman
happiness and power
religion belonged to women
religion in womanhood
world is in harmony if women follow virtues because women are the “redeemers” of men
womens job is too purify lust and have sexual relations purley for creating life (passionless, virtuous intercourse)
Piety
religion creates a pieous mind so if a woman is truly devout she will not need any outside fillers
god “tranquilizes a restless human heart”
intelligence<domestic duties
a woman is of greater value if she is able to cook, clean, support a religious and educated family
All value of women is in sex
virginity important even though once she is married she is no longer “pure” (marriage dilemma)
empty vessel for sex women seen as objects
“woman never looks lovelier than in her reverence” ( appeal to vanity)
objective is to get a well off husband to support or go into poverty, sex work, or work
Violence against women/ womens ‘perfect’ reaction
Amelia Dorrington- death by free spirit
Lucy dalton- raped, seen as too trusting and beautiful
must not have been pure enough because she should have been able to turn her attacker if she was virtuous enough (lady Amaranth: a novel in which a woman turns a dishonest man into a virtuous man by declining to have sex with him on an island by themselves)
Domestic violence how women should deal with it
“reverence in his wishes not opinions”-> do what he says but you can disagree
do not lift a finger at your husband even if he hits you
“if he is abusive never retort”
gives men the excuse to be abusive and women the expectation to not have any independence nor bodily rights
Scientific evidence for inferiority
“has a head almost too small for intellect but just big enough for love”
those who did work must work in silence
independent/ educated women stripped of femininity and called hermaphrodites
Nurses
role for women
- in the home
- in the kitchen
- in war
women should know how create remedies and understand general medical terminology
blue stockings
literary women
World reform starts _____ ___________
World reform starts in the household
young women education
young women need to be taught how to raise a household and do the chores
‘the only daughter’ -> dilemma where a daughter didn’t know how to manage a house and had to learn: men need to be patient with their incompetent women
