ABSTRACT
Feminism means the enfranchisement of the feminine mind in public, as opposed to domestic, affairs. In politics, abstract principles, from their nature changeless, are openly ridiculed by feminized politicians. Physical comfort and pleasure, sentimental economics, “technical ” education, the line of least resistance, leaning on others and “safety first,” are the aims of a feminist Parliament. Pacifism, a horrid distillation from feminism, represents the feminine approach to the realities of war. Immediately a woman does anything which is at all remarkable a number of prominent men make it an opportunity to point an accusing finger at the female sex. Feminism, far from exercising a decadent influence, is one of the most healthy movements in a war-weary world. In the home man and woman play an equal part with generally satisfactory results, yet in national and international matters if woman lends assistance immediately the word “decadence” makes its appearance.
