The Glenwood post., 1914-01-31

Much has been said of late upon the
question of a double standard, or one
standard for the man and another for
the woman and while the public is
almost = unit in demanding single
standard for man and woman We ara
far from the realization of that de.
mand.
Last Sunday Father McMenamin,
one of the best known Catholic priests
of the west and pastor of the great
Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in
Denver, surprised the public in general
as well as his large congregation by
delivering q sermon in which he at
tackled the generally accepted ideas up
on this subject and entered into de
tense of the double standard on the
theory that to maintain the single
standard would mean the degradation
Of woman to the level of mas and this
the learned priest does net 0t6e.
Father NcNenanin . rsaasks are Of
sscA a. aanssal a.d etasthng pstsss
and 80 at varia1ce from the doctrines
ussally dslivsrsd frea the pulpit that
the Post gives space to = few extracts
from his sermon in order that the Post
readers may view them from their own
perspective:
~ breathe q prayer" he said,
"thaA the double standard remain, for
should it be changed by the women of
this generation, it would not be by
raising man to her standard, but by
being dragged down to his.
"Time was, when I considered the
question Of sobriety or temperance
from the standpoint of applying 20
men only, but that was in the days
when men only frequented barrooms-
in the days when for a woman to FIRE.
quent a place where intoxicants were
sold branded her rs . creature Of tho
underworld-in the days when bar.
rooms were not dignified by the names
cafe, restaurant, tavern and the like
in the days of the double standard.
"We hear = great deal in these our
days, about the double standard. 1t
IL undoubtedly true that . great many
are influenced, led on, perhaps uncon
sciously, by the sophism and fake prin-
eiples sf the age, which eondone I'M.
morality in man and makes mere re-
spectability his code Of conduct, but
holds aloft to woman the sacred laws
Of Christianity-which judge the enor
nifty Of the sin by the sex Of the trans
gEessor, - Il, forsoota, sin had sex.
"Now, whilst We abhor such condi.
tioa of things, We maintain that there
10 and ought to be . double standard
from another viewpoink-a dosbls
standard not Of Dorals, but Of cssaaset.
"Tslk - yss win sbsak sssaa neAs
and equal privileges-snd granting il
sll-ysa can.ot deduee theFsfroa sia-
A.sity Of duties or similarity II 90.
duet.
"WAsa 0sd sssstsl naa aaA vsoaa,
- naAs then tAs eoaplsAents - ssp-
yasosaAs Of each stAse ana % fasAisnsd
tAsa that sse sappaied Whist fAs stasr
lacked. Cssss4asatly, W ff.a
aarksd differsaes In then = differ.
saes tha4 10 ne< oaly pAysieal, sst
nsetal al tsapernsatal, sad because
Il this Aiffsrenes II always has bsea
aAa Il always viii b. 1nhses0ing II
wsaaa to do na.y thiass *hst nas
nay Do with propsisty.
"Hsn nay sfgas o. street corners
and noant . soap box 70 discuss busi-
1ess, politics ard war with greater pro-
priety than may . woman. Men nay
crowd ~ arena and howl Themselves
Aearse as two naked, painting, bleeding
hanaa brutes panmel each other into
disability With greater propsiety
tlaA nay . weasa.
''lle, 0ay-a.d hsrs i ~ point
1siak ines1iea.ts IN p1hl'e paaess ana