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Show , WOULDN'T WANT TO BE A WOMAN. A prominent educator of London, England, gives somo Interesting reasons rea-sons why he woir'd not want to be a woman There are that: 1. Woman must wait until she Is asked to marry, she cannot seek her mate, no matter how much she may love him. 2. AVhen woman marries sho is supported, but the person supported depends upon the will of one who holds Hie purse strings. 3. A woman when she marries find in her husband, not only a lover, but an employer. Sho keeps his house, nurses his children, but she Is not even a wage-earner. She keeps his house without receiving fixed hours or holidays. 4. Woman, when unmarried, suffers suf-fers indignities of many kinds. 5. Where overy incentlvo is offered offer-ed man to develop his faculties, many avenues It not by law, by public opinion aro closed to woman. G. Woman must wear clothes that are fashioned to make her attractive as a physical creature, accentuating sex. Her appearance always counts for much, while a man can succeed in life Irrespecthe of physical attractiveness. attrac-tiveness. 7. Woman must struggle against being taken lightly by men. 8. Woman must be content with the crumbs left after man has feasted. She comes second 9. Wheie man with jrears gains recognition and acquires a more enviable en-viable position, woman becomes less Important as her hair grows more silver'. sil-ver'. 10. Woman is even held down by members of her own sex. who oppose her ambitions and ridicule her serious efforts. |