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1) It divides people into "primitive" and "civilized", which delineates an ingroup and outgroup; 2) The document is written for civilized people, because surel
by howenterprisey 3y ago
1) It divides people into "primitive" and "civilized", which delineates an ingroup and outgroup;
2) The document is written for civilized people, because surely the document wouldn't call its readers primitive;
3) The flip side of "developed muscles" is "barbaric lifestyle" - the "proper" thing for women at the time was NOT to develop said muscles, but rather to maintain a "trim figure" ("one of the best exercises for a woman are her household duties, and that besides those she doesn't need more exercise", from a 1941 article);
4) In sum, given the context, the "endorsement" is a grudging admission that on this one issue the "primitive" women might be stronger, but in no way an overall endorsement of the lifestyle.
- Chris2048 3y ago> "barbaric lifestyle" > "trim figure" Where are you getting these quotes from?
- howenterprisey 3y agoFirst are scare quotes, second is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_women%27s_fitness_culture#cite_note-21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_women%27s_fitness..., the title of a 1967 article.
- causi 3y agoI think you're making a lot of assumptions about someone you've never met and know nothing about. It divides people into "primitive" and "civilized", which delineates an ingroup and outgroup; Right, in the context of "look at us poor pathetic civilized people whose broken bodies need this apparatus to reproduce unlike those strong primitives who can do it in the normal way.