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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Here we go. Accusations of insanity to women who won't stay quiet/answer back/conform to the norm Victorian Women and Insanity - Jstor https://www.jstor.org/stable/3827084 by E Showalter - 1980 - Cited by 132 - Related articles VICTORIAN WOMEN AND INSANITY *. ON BOXING DAY 1851, CHARLES ...
For some reason (ahem!) a memory came to my mind of an incident way back in the late 1960s/early 1970s when an aunt of mine told me that her husband had to give his permission for her to have a hysterectomy. So whose womb was it?!!!!! Anyway, having checked to see if my memory was fabricating things or indeed that all this did indeed take place, I checked. And yep! It sure did more than ...
Let's look at this controlling of women, by men, in this country. At present day Christian marriage ceremonies do women still promise to 'obey' their husbands? Surely if you promise to obey someone then that means the other person has control over you. And as I'm on the subject of marriage. Why is the bride 'given away'? "Who giveth this woman to this man?" And then the bride ...
Okay - I'll start the ball rolling again. Read this and discuss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing
TODAY - SATURDAY 18TH AUGUST DAWLISH LAWN WORKING GROUP PUBLIC CONSULTATION ST MARY'S HALL, DAWLISH WARREN 7pm - 9.30pm
Saw Gary last night. He seemed to enjoying himself. Does anyone know who the drummers were who were last in the parade. I thought they were great. Edit: To answer my own question - seems they are called Spark. https://www.facebook.com/dawlishcelebratescarnival/videos/2012238218840750/
Here are some notes I made when I attended one of the public consultations about the future of the lawn: Cllr Wrigley made a point of saying that what is out for public consultation are suggestions only. What is being proposed is not a done deal. The cycle path will happen though and it will go across the lawn. The question is where? and how? across the lawn. The cyclepath is ...
I have asked both on this forum and in the local press for reasons why there should be a playpark on the lawn. I asked this because whilst I am genuinely open to persuasion I have yet to hear an argument that will convince me. There was no response on this forum and no response in the letters page of the Gazette to my question. At the moment the only arguments that I have heard for a playpark ...
Found this from 2016 https://fullfact.org/immigration/immigrants-learning-english/
Why shouldn't speakers of language A speak it amongst themselves? I am sure all those native English speakers who are immigrants to other non English speaking countries speak in English amongst themselves. The issue surely is whether or not immigrants to this country should be able to/be encouraged to be able to, speak the language of the country in which they now live as well as their native ...
