| Show Albert E. E Wig Wiggam's gams gam's Lets Its Explore Your Mind 1 If asked on the witness I stand why hy you did a certain thing can you ou truthfully answer answer answer an an- it it Answer to Question No 1 1 You will instantly answer because people always think they know precisely why they do this or that but your answer will likely be far from the truth for two reasons First the real why of our acts usually goes back far into our past Second we spend our lives giving ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves excuses instead of reasons for our conduct The psychologists psychologists psychologists call this rationalization tion the tion the the effort to kid ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves into thinking our behavior is es entirely logical and intelligent intelligent intelligent intelli intelli- gent which it seldom is Of course this does not relieve us of moral responsibility as we usually do know enough of the present immediate cause of our conduct to choose the right if we wish to do so I 2 2 Z If women were deprived of their new freedom and sent back to the kitchen would it Increase in increase increase In- In crease or decrease divorces An Answer to Question No 2 Z 2 2 An answer to this comes from Germany where a study made by psychologist Gina Kaus shows that as soon as women were deprived by Hitler Hiller of the privileges they had gained through many years of struggle and were sent back to the kitchen and nursery the divorce rate shot up immediately The divorce rate was already high but it at once ran up 12 per percent percent percent cent higher In fact the di divorce divorce divorce di- di vorce rate Is the highest in Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many of any country in the world 3 Do most people ollie fool 1001 themselves them- them selves worse than they fool anone anyone anyone any any- one else elser Answer to Question No 3 3 Dont Don't they though And they usually do it honestly honestly- that is they do not know they are fooling themselves Husbands Husbands Husbands Hus Hus- bands and wives often quarrel about money when the real reason is lack of sex adjustment adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- ment or a feeling of Inferiority on the part of one or domination domination domination domina domina- tion by one or the other which is really an expression of a feeling of inferiority Capital and labor think they are fighting fighting fight fight- ing over wages when psychologists psychologists psychologists know that is not the real thing they are fighting over at atall atall atall all but the far deeper problems of human dignity social position position position tion recognition by capital of the worth of the individual and belief by labor that capital is secretly putting things over on labor The hardest thing in the world is to make sure of our own motives |
