The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-12
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double standard" of morals t. e, one
rule for men, another for women.
am sure that none of us who have de-
clined TO follow them in their methods
OF attack are one whit behind them in
dcplorinE the existence OF such a
standard. But we fear we have not
been sufficiently lifted out OF the fogs
Of ignorance" or made clear eyed"
enough TO see the connection between
the compact OF our brother clcrgymen
and the righting OF this inconsistency
and wrong. We believe the double
standard is false in principle and mis-
chievous in it's results to both sexes
But what can we do about II with
reasonable hope of success? We think
for ourselves that our good women
hold this matter largely in their own
hands: e. g., as long as men. known
position. wealth, delightful social
qualities, etc. have the entree into
the purest homes: be lionized and
sought after in all social functions"
there can be no law of church or state
that will raise the morals OF men to
a higher standard Apart from the
appeal TO their conscicnccs as TO the
shame and filth OF this SHIFTS danger
TO bottles and souls-nothinG can act
as powerfully as deterrent, as for good
women 10 put the same stigma and
brand of shame upon il in the case of
male offenders as they do upon sinners
OF their own sex. Until all decent
women take their stand on the single
moral standard" platform, our little
compacts. resolutions and canons will
be like toy pistols against the huge
battleship Let US then appeal to the
consciences of our boys and men. and
TO the sense of deccncy and propricty
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Will do.
Real EVIL to Combat.
Again, our thirteen reforming broth
ers appeal to the action OF the diocesan
council sustaining them in their
agreement TO marry no one except on
conditions of their own making. on
the face of things that seems n correct
implication from the councils resolu-
ton. But in view of all that passed
in the council, is that quite a fair
deduction TO be drawn from its resolu
ton? This writer thinks not. He WAS
one who voted for the resolution. but
who fully explained his reasons for
doing Those reasons We're two
fold: First. That he feared if the
council turned this resolution down
without substituting something more
likely TO accomplish the desired end,
the impression would go abroad that
there was no real evil to combat, and
All lnlS Talk ABOUT tuStnlCS on the
part of the social service commission"
was a mere man OF straw" created
by their imaginations and to be demol-
ished by their cal. This writer did
not think this. and was anxious that
no one else should think so. He looked
to the social service commission rs an
agency that could accomplish much
good. and wished to cooperate with
them as far as he conscicntiously
could. II is also fair to state that in
voting for il he distinctly said that he
hoped the resolution would not he
put to the vote in its present form.
More than that. when motion was
TO the committee. TO he recast and
brought before the next annual coun-
ell this writer seconded and voted for
that motion.
Sorry lie Endorsed II.
His second reason for voting for 1t
was. that 10y going so far in showing
his sympathy with the social service
work. the commission might be turned
to a more effective and definite way OF
lighting the red plague than by the
mildly advisory and vaguely condi
tionai resolution offered 10 the coun-
Gil That more definite method. as
stated at the time. WAS to secure the
proposed cooperation Of physicians by
getting from them statistics as to the
plague. through which an effective APP
peal could be made to our Legislature
for laws which would drive the red
light districts out OF our city, and
break up those hotbcds of vice and
disease. which invite our boys and
young men TO immortality and ruin.
But this method was TOO slow, and
leaned too much on the arm OF the
state to satisfy our more Jealous
brothers. AS soon as the council adj
journed almost. they entered into their
compact to marry omy those who COM
piled with their conditions. Since
reading that agreement, this writer
has sincerely regretted his folly In
voting for the councils vague and in
consequent resolution. His hope that
any compromise was possible with the
more strenuous reformers proved rs
vain rs some wiser members OF the
council had told him they would be.
They demanded from tho start meas
ures more radical. pictorial and per-
soma, that we who are not yet freed
from satisfied prejudice" or lifted
up out OF the valleyG OF contented ac-
ceptnnce of things as they are" could
indorse or even understand. But 1t