The morning call., 1891-05-15
SCISSORS, LOGIC"

SCISSORS LOGIC"
The Equality of Man and of Woman Is
Discussed by :. $. OF GIroy.
Editor Womdn'S Column, Morning Call:
Scissors asserts that government is an in
stiJut on of mans own creating; that wO-
man was created after man as " necessary
companion to perpetuate the race; that
elf the Creator had any purpose IN creating
the human race that purpose was embodied
in the male" TIE IDEA is implied that be-
cause man claims to have created govern
eminent he may govern as he pleases re-
gardless Of higher law, which reads: I" Do
We unto others as We would that others should
do unto you" AS yet government is little
but a scramble for power, to hold what we
have, to get what we can. Government is a
growth by no means perfect or complete,
and since the people should consider not so
much what the clash Of different interests
have made Ii, but what it ought to be, to
see the night and to steer the ship of State
in that channel is craftsmanship; TO hug
the rocks OF evil, to turn pirate, TO ignore all
Improvements in navigation, to "steer by
the Tudder, nor by the stars" is demag q
ism. The natural duties OF parents seem to
be that woman should bear and train the
children, man furnish the shelter and the
material, and
SUCH Is THE THEORY;
But even if each did Just that, what reason
why the mother should have no choice as
regards the environment Of her children, no
authority over them except that of personal
influence he does no more than she in the
partnership, and her moral aud spiritual in
huence over her children is largely nullihed,
because she Is not free butsubjecttO another
1t IS the legal Partnership of master and
in
earlier days men fought off enemies, and to
do that org niZsd and armed themselves,
woman hid with her children and cautiously
ventuTed forth for food. Her children kept
her in0iy idualiZed, and as women do not at
tack each other they had nothing t. fear eX-
eept fIOm men, whose hardest battles were
fought to hold or capture women from other
men. Woman is not a fighting animal-heT
children prevent that; hut fighting is of the
bTuteS, ana who believes that the peaceful
and the prudent are less fit for Self-gOYern-
ment than the bully or the pugilist. In fact,
nowadays soldiers are not usually per
mitted to vote at all, yet the ballot
IS withheld from woman because "she
can't fight" In fact, men did not create
government, not an animal lives that is not
subject to law, every herd, every fcck,
every school Of fish is.
SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT.
1t is the necessary correlary Of companion
England few nen have anything to do wish
government and in these countries a hun
dred years ago rulers talked about mems
governing as Scissors to-day disCOuTSes in
regard to wOmau's having self govern ment.
Then it was the divine right of kings, now
the divine right of men. The plain En-
glish is: " have the muscle, ] want your
service to abs rb your life, no matter about
your soul ana intellect; might makes
right step into YOUR sphere" God says:
Male and female created he them and
gave them dominion ," but Scissors has
had a revelation that woman was created
after man to perpetuate the race" and that
If God had any purpose in creating the
race That purpose was embodied in the
male" Suppose woman was created after
man evolution teaches that creation is in
the upward line; mOlluSkS preceded yeget-
a5les; first came the lower, then gradually
the higher we're evolved. Horses were
created before men, and If the order Of
creation has anything 10 do with human
tights woman, being the last creation, should
rule the world, man included. Woman is
no more necessary 10 man than man is 10
woman, and both are essential to
THE PRECIPITATION OF TIE RACE.
And without proof Of later fat of the Al
mighty, we propose to believe in the equal
lty If the sexes as implied IN giving them
dominion" Shall the Dinotherium rule
man because he was created first? just as
q.
Woman is not capable Of cOmprehending
Why the time of creation affects human
rights or our relations and responsibilities
to the creator. Adam ana Eve are neither
better nor worse for having lived centuries
ago. The only difference is that with our
record of the past we ought to be wiser than
they. They had less chance, so were re-
sponsibe for less. How Scissors knows that
the purpose Of creation is embodied in the
male, l fail to see, and suspect that he has
been hypnotiZed by some old BrahmiD, and
temporarily believes that women have no
souls, no intellect, no share in eternal life,
no hope OF heaven; that they were created
simply for mans enjoyment, to be cast
aside al pleasure. Ii that be true woman
has no responsibility, why blame her for
seTyilIty? She who lives 10 please must be
servile. Why blame her? She who was
created solely Tor mans pleasure cannot be
chaste.
WHY BLAME HER FOR ANYTHING?
II the purpose Of creation was embodied
in the male" she can have no purpose and
no right to seek purpose. and this habit of
holding women responsible for all their
own sins and for most of Adams is unjust
in the extreme. God said that he created
woman lot helg-mate.' she was to
"hRve dominion" He said that il is not
good for men to be alone" and women
suffragists think they see proofs that the
Greater was correct, for whenever men and
women work alone they are less successful
than when they unite as equals. There was
never home until man and woman made
it, and never a home unless father and
mother are equal in it. Literature was full
of garbage until women began to read; so
ciety was a drunken debauch until women
shined in it as equals. Schools were full OK
rowdyism until girls entered them. There
is imperfection enough, but any institution
that makes men and women equal Is always
profitable. so we really believe that giving
them dominion" is a good thing. until
Scissors declares that we are not considered
in creation. all purpose is embodied in the
male" Well, the frivolous, the lazy, are
wisest, "let us eat, drink and be merry"
for when we die, we de. No mere church
or philanthropic work, no duties at home,
we are nothing bat necessary comraniOns,"
no future. WHY work and worry? s.. s.