Chapter 33: The Subservient Status of Women
After Wang Defu understood what happened, he only felt inexplicable, this kind of thing would even cause disputes between the two departments, should college students in this era be so idle?
At this time, he couldn't help but look at the school magazine "Xuehuan" curiously, and found that in addition to promoting Soochow University and reporting some news on campus, the rest seemed to be the works of so-called campus talents and talented women, which seemed to give students who thought they were talented a platform to let their works be noticed by many peers.
However, it is said that those who pay attention to "Xuehuan" also have Shanghai-style literary bigwigs, hoping to discover fresh blood for Shanghai-style writers.
He flipped through several issues of "Xuehuan", but keenly found that in the official news of Soochow University, it had begun to blow the wind, saying that in the next academic year, women's enrollment would be opened.
Wang Defu thinks this is a good thing, if there are more girls on campus, maybe there will not be something like today's boring thing that makes him feel bored.
The campus is all male, and it still lacks youthful vitality, so I guess there won't be any male students who oppose the opening of women's admissions, right?
As a result, when he thought about it like this, he actually saw an article by Huang Kan of the Department of Literature on "Xuehuan", which was an article that strongly opposed the admission of women, or a classical Chinese essay called "On Women".
I have to say that Huang Kan, who is proficient in Chinese studies, is very proficient in writing in classical Chinese, and there are often neat and neat prose in the text, he actually thinks that women are inherently lowly and mentally retarded, and it is meaningless to study in college, they only need to rely on men to survive, and if women are allowed to enter Soochow University, it will inevitably disgrace Soochow University!
Wang Defu originally knew about Huang Kan from his squad leader Cao Rongqing, thinking that he was the kind of person who was so idle and simply liked to fan the flames, so he made the Department of Literature and the Department of Philosophy so opposed, but what he never expected was that this Huang Kan was clearly a problem with his thinking!
Obviously a college student of the same age as him, why is this guy so conservative and stubborn in his thinking?
Wang Defu shook his head, and at this time, his squad leader Cao Rongqing was still trying to persuade him: "Mo Cun, this time I beg you, or you will continue to submit these articles that we worked hard to find, in case your own articles are not adopted, the articles we found can also be more secure......
Wang Defu stroked his forehead, but he still said very calmly and gently: "Why do you really regard me as a representative of the philosophy department, since you have those good essays in your hands, why don't you vote for it yourself, let the other students in the class vote, don't you do it, this can also prove the literary talent of the entire philosophy department." ”
Wang Defu's words were like waking up a person in a dream, Cao Rongqing also found out if he was stunned by Huang Kan, the other party seemed to be just laughing at the group, and focused on despising Wang Defu, and then associated the Department of Philosophy and Wang Defu together, so that the students of the Department of Philosophy were all involved, and they all felt that they must ensure that Wang Defu could not lose face, otherwise their Department of Philosophy would be embarrassed.
In fact, they can get more philosophy students to stand up and submit articles to Xuehuan, as long as there is a brilliant article, they can ensure that the philosophy department does not lose face.
But in this case, isn't Wang Defu miserable?
Cao Rongqing looked at Wang Defu's handsome cheeks, which were very leisurely and calm from beginning to end, and only felt unbearable, it was really disgusting to be scolded by people like Huang Dacang and Huang Mad Dog.
However, Wang Defu didn't take this matter to heart at all, whether his essay "Listening to the Snow Night" can be adopted or not, it doesn't matter, what he thinks is whether he can change the thinking of people like Huang Kan, so that more people can pay attention to the equal rights of men and women, instead of treating women as slaves.
Cao Rongqing didn't persuade much, he had a good relationship with Wang Defu, he had always known that the other party's mind was far beyond his reach, anyway, if he encountered this kind of thing, he would definitely not be able to be as calm as Wang Defu, as if he didn't care about his reputation at all.
Cao Rongqing left, he redistributed these articles they brought, and let them submit their own articles, he felt that if the next issue of "Xuehuan" was all occupied by the works of their philosophy department, it would definitely be a big show, enough to save face.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that Wang Defu was stimulated by reading Huang Kan's article, and he actually began to write-for-tat essays to defend women's rights, and used such essays as a weapon to change Huang Kan's thinking.
Of course, if his essays were seen by more female readers in Xuehuan, it might further liberate their minds.
First of all, based on his own experience of the current situation of women's status in today's society, he presented these things that others have become accustomed to, and even women themselves are accustomed to.
He wrote these words - the subservient position of women.
This essay can be said that the idea has long been conceived in his mind, originating from his sister, who is deeply imprisoned by feudal thoughts, and it was Huang Kan, who extremely despises women, who stimulated him to write this essay.
"Men don't just need women to be submissive, they need their affection. All men, except the most cruel, demanded from the woman with whom they were most intimately united, not a forced slave but a willing slave, not just a slave, but a pet they loved.
They therefore resort to all means to enslave their minds.
The owners of all other slaves relied on fear to keep their slaves obedient.
Female masters need more than simple obedience, and they use the full power of education to achieve their ends.
The vast majority of women are instilled from their youngest years with the belief that their ideal character is the polar opposite of that of men: without their own will, not by self-restraint, but only by submission and submission to the control of others.
All morality tells them that all other lives are meaningless except for their husbands. ”
This is only a short paragraph of Wang Defu's "The Subservient Status of Women", which shows how profoundly he said what kind of life women in today's society are experiencing, and it is obvious that many women do not realize that their status is equivalent to "a willing slave".
And just when Wang Defu was preparing to attack Huang Kan's "On Women", what surprised everyone was that his random essay "Listening to the Snow Night" was directly published in the new issue of "Xuehuan", and was highly recommended by the editors of "Xuehuan", with many editors commenting on it, and it also accounted for the best layout!