Chapter 328: WSPU
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"If my guess is correct, Ms. Dworkin Boxer would have told you that her ideological roots came from the early 20th century Seffragette (suffragette suffragette) in England, and that her spiritual icon was the organization led by Emmeline Pankhurst, which was called the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), the earliest organization in modern countries to advocate women's equal participation in government? And thanks to the efforts of the WSPU, British women gained the right to vote? “
"Yes, this is a great victory for the women's rights movement, before the WSPU, women did not have the right to participate in political elections at all, and it was because of the outstanding leadership of Emmeline Pankhurss and the disdainful efforts of the members of the organization that women finally got the same suffrage as men......" Silare's eyes lit up, and it was clear that he had a lot of respect for this Emmeline Pankhurst lady
"Ahem, cough, cough" someone coughed one after another, "I, let me say something, we have two super huge countries on the opposite side of the West Coast, which are really very huge and have to admit the same greatness, but the color makes us feel that we don't like it very much, ahem, don't care if they are good or not, at least people really have one person, one vote." The one below started in 49, and the one above began like this in 1917. If I'm not mistaken, in the home of the WSPU - our lovely British cousin's house, women were given the right to stand for election after the end of the First World War? I guess I'm not mistaken. ”
Edward looked at the other with a grin, but the corners of his mouth were bent downward, obviously a sneer representing mockery and disdain.
For him, this kind of expression is both common and rare, and it is said that it is common because as soon as the goods go to court, and the opponent, whether it is a prosecutor or a judge or a witness, once someone thinks that he is stupid and hopeless, he will have this expression, and it will be followed by vicious ridicule and tricky logical traps, and it is necessary to rub the dignity and personality of the other party in place while winning the lawsuit. Edward Young is a rising star in the judicial world, but his reputation is not good, especially when it comes to his courtroom mistakes......
It is rare to say that although this guy has a bad character, he is not bad for the people around him, and he is not a humble gentleman, but at least he treats him from the point of view of personality equality.
This is especially true for the women around you.
This made Silari panic a little, but she still mustered up the courage to refute.
"Ed, I don't think this can be conflated, their social model is what makes this happen. After all, that's shzy country. Besides, do you think that the vote of the women of Sulian can really decide - Comrade Khruchov resigned from the post of Supreme Leader on his own initiative? After saying that, she looked at Edward a little nervously, for fear that he would be angry.
"Okay" Edward didn't expect the other party to choke back like this, scratching his head "Okay, I accept your point of view, but it's only temporary, it doesn't mean that you're right, it's not that I'm wrong, this involves the debate of the state system, although there is no McCarthy at the moment, but if you really talk about it, don't think about discussing other things today, and I'm not like you, frankly, I'm not interested in politics at all, and you ......" He looked at the other party meaningfully, "You are a natural political animal, politics is your best stage, Not a courtroom or a lecture hall! ”
Snapping his fingers, he motioned for Silari to stop talking, "Let's continue to talk about WSPU and Miss Emmeline Pankherth." I think you'll be interested, because what I'm saying afterwards is a well-documented fact, but you certainly haven't heard of it! ”
Yes, Dworkin would surely say that Emmeline Pankhers was the first to organize a public march to draw attention to women's suffrage. That's true, but it's also wrong. ”
"First of all, WSPU sounds like a great organization, but at its peak it was only 2,000 people, all of whom were women...... What do you think such a circle of people can do to force the British government to amend the election bill? ”
"Unity is strength," Silari blurted out.
"This power is iron
This power is steel
Harder than iron
Stronger than steel," someone sang along.
I don't know why, but a kind old man with black-rimmed glasses with a high level of trouser waist and posture came to mind, standing and waving his hands to command everyone to sing this song...... This is a beautiful and warm memory!
This song is much better than the Star-Spangled Banner never falls.
After singing a few lines of "Ahem", he found that this did not fit the atmosphere of advanced capitalist society, and he began to explain what happened to Miss Dworkin Boxer's spiritual idol and the low suffrage of women.
"There's a paradox in this, haven't you noticed?" Edward couldn't help but laugh: "On the one hand, Emmeline Pankerhurs accuses everywhere that this is a patriarchal society, where men hold the power of politics and violence, and can exert whatever pressure they want on women without scruples, and even think that the male gaze is the product of the absolute violent superiority of male society over women." ”
"Yes, I think that's it," Silari was resolute
Edward spread his hands, if Fang was still a little angry, now he only felt funny, Cilerie was actually a very smart and clever guy, she could only speak half a sentence, she could understand the subtext immediately, unfortunately, when it came to women's rights, her brain seemed to be eaten by zombies.
"Well, on the other side of the paradox, the rules of the voting game that just 2,000 people changed for the government that held the largest arms on the planet at the time? 2,000 men facing the world's largest Maxim machine guns...... This gang of gangsters with mantis arms as a car...... Oh, I'm sorry it's a Chinese word, which means that the praying mantis brandishes two knives on its forelimbs to block the torrent of steel of the tank......"
"On the one hand, men suppress women in the absolute sense, and on the other hand, at best, two regiments of women, including the old, weak, sick and disabled, can force violent gangs that control the most steel and bitter acid in the world - don't look at me like that, the essence of government is this thing - change the voting system - you know, this is one of the basic political systems of the country......"
"Dear child, do you have a lot of questions?" Edward touched Silare's hair lovingly, if it weren't for Xiao Ai's classmate who was a little weak, he would have pressed her down a long time ago, obviously the effect of violence therapy would be better.
Silari could only nod her head, and she noticed that something seemed wrong in it.
"Let's take a look at the electoral history of the United Kingdom a little bit, and I won't start with the Magna Carta. In fact, until the middle of the 19th century, at least half of the men in the British Isles, could not get votes, for one simple reason - to be poor! ”
"Ms. Boxer must have bragged to you about the feminist movement that white women had the right to vote for the first time in 1920. I swear she must have withheld another piece of information that was very humiliating to our British cousin, the same year that British men – rich and poor – were granted the right to vote. ”
"Child, don't you think it's even more strange why Miss Boxer is hiding this?" Edward continued to scoff
"I'll tell you the answer, because the feminist movement didn't contribute anything to the issue of men having the right to vote without discrimination. Although, they are very shameless, even if they only make the slightest contribution, they can lick their faces and say that they played a decisive role. It's disgusting. As an elder, I want to impart a little life experience, no matter how big you do, but it is better to say that you have only made a small contribution to the outside world, and humility is an eternal virtue, although it is a bit out of place to talk about humility in the United States, but I think it is necessary. ”
"Beginning in the 1920s, adult white males were no longer constrained by property and status, and could vote as long as they were citizens. What does this mean? The dilution of class oppression, which marked the greater dignity of the poor, was a major advance in history. But why have we never heard of WSPU and Emmeline Pankhers, and modern women's rights organizations represented by Miss Boxer, boasting about their work? It can even be hidden. You must know that they are very good at putting gold on their faces, and they can take credit for any women's organization to "our women's rights". But why do they never boast that they helped the majority of male civilians gain the right to vote? Because the acquisition of universal suffrage for white men is not done by any female organization. Nor have we heard of any such powerful male suffrage movements organized by the male populace of the time – of course, there were those who put forward the idea that all people should have a vote, and that this idea was always mentioned, promoted, and appealed for, but rarely accompanied by violence. ”
"Isn't it strange to look at it this way? Both poor men and rich women gained the right to vote in 1920, but the latter was a massive act of violent disruption of public order, while the former ...... Speaking of which, our Guo Fly has even greater destructive power due to the action of male hormones! Is this another paradox? ”
"So where did the universal suffrage of men come about? Quite simply, the social system! We are a capitalist society, the political system is a capitalist representative system, we have professional politicians to be in charge of political affairs, and politicians have the motivation to expand their vote base in order to ensure that they can be elected, from this point of view all citizens will get the right to vote sooner or later, which is determined by the internal politics of the electoral system of the government - of course, we must admit that in this stage, human civilization is constantly improving, and the concept of all people being created equal is gradually fermenting, so that the damned aristocratic lords admit, Even a poor stick is the head of civil political power! ”
You see, the answer is that simple! Of course, of course, there are many complex issues involved, such as the class struggle...... Ahem, but considering that we are still living in the great United States for the time being, it is better not to mention this black magic casually, otherwise Lord Hoover will be unhappy, wait, why is he not dead yet? ”
"Ed, you, you have it, let me, let me ......" Silari's face was pained, and it was clear that this knowledge had shocked her established ideology.
"It's painful, isn't it? In that case, I simply worked harder, and the long pain was better than the short pain. ”
"Around the same time as the WSPU and Emmeline Pankhurst, there was a venerable lady named Millicent Fawcett, who, at the age of 19, in 1866, was a member of the women's suffrage group, the suffrage seffragists, which was her political spectrum...... At that time, her future husband, Henry, was already a member of parliament for women's rights, so you can see that the women's rights and affirmative action movement actually started very early, and not by the first wave of women's rights activists like Emmeline Pankhurst. Of course, they did make a big splash – a mob of women stormed the museum."
"What is the difference between the WSPU and the seffragette of Emmeline Pankhers and the seffragists of Millicent Fawcett? Come answer me," Edward asked.
Siraira immediately replied, "The former only seeks women's participation in politics, while the latter demands the right to vote for the whole or as many people as possible." ”
She thought she had hit the nail on the head this time, and she was a little proud of it.
Obviously, she miscalculated someone's character, and this seemingly simple question is exactly the bait that this person likes to use to attract others to jump into the pit.
"Wrong!" Edward laughed, "Miss Boxer won't tell you. In fact, Milene Pankhurst only supported the right to vote for women from the middle class and above, and not only that, but she also strictly forbade her subordinates to help the poor fight for the right to vote! Whoever doesn't obey will kick out this guy who speaks for the poor ghosts such as laundry workers and maids, so this also explains why there were only 2,000 people at the peak of the WSPU...... After all, there are many people with conscience in this society. Later, her own daughter, Sylvia, began to work to protect the rights of poor women, and as a result, Milene Pankhers was provoked, and she was expelled from the WSPU, severing the mother-daughter relationship by the way...... It's really terrifying to be firm in your faith. But I think Sylvia is lucky and God will bless her kindness. ”
“ok? In addition, Millicent Fawcett's organization can have at least 50,000 members, although it is still not much, but at least 25 times that of a certain organization...... At least there is love for their own people...... And it can be seen that the idea of affirmative action actually spread at that time. Unfortunately, if I had crossed over to ...... No, I mean, if I lived in those days, I would have jumped up and shouted, 'Die, Emperor!'" 'Tainyima is excited! ”
"Of course, when it comes to Emmeline Pankhurst, I have to mention a few other things. These have been drowned in the garbage heap of history, because normal people are unwilling to dig up these things that still stink today, and some people who try to borrow corpses to resurrect their souls will deliberately hide them. ”
"In the early days of WSPU, one of the slogans was 'Break the Habit of Women's Doing Things'. We must admit that the era was very unfair to women, women could not achieve equality with men in education, employment, and elections, and there were omnipresent disciplines in daily life, so this slogan was an advanced revolution that represented the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people. ”
"I wonder why I am so proficient in these words, I always doze off in political science class! And this tone has nothing to do with the political curriculum of the United States" Someone was a little surprised, but it was a small matter, and it did not prevent him from continuing to get to the point
"But in reality, how did they 'break women's habits'? Parade rallies...... OK this is no problem, even if it is congested with traffic, I think it is understandable. Anyway, the hell traffic in London would be a mess even if no one was making trouble. And what about smashing shop windows all the way to the museum and destroying the exhibits? Do you think this is the normal way of doing things? Thankfully, guns were banned in Britain at the time, otherwise I think they would have been able to shoot men indiscriminately. By the way, they also have an even more disgusting slogan 'Abort only boys'! I don't want to go into that. ”