The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-01
a Plea for the Single Standard.

Editor World: woman--God's greatest, no.
olest gift to man. Help her to be what she
should be and what every true woman wants
to be--a loyal friend in time OF trouble and
need, devoted, faithful wife, loving, >patent
mother, someone to be loved, trusted and de-
pended upon, Truly hers is n life of sacrifice
and service for those she loves
Tho double standard az upheld by Mr. Car
rick which appeared In Sundays World never
helped any woman and indeed has ruined many
men. After setting out the strictest rules for
women not allowing them to deviate In the
rule Quoting from Mr.. GarriclO leaves the
man among the beasts of the woods" lie
further says; 'Srhe rule is II should be. The
rule was made by women, who only have the
right to make rules for themselves The rule
s OF the women, by the women and for the
women. The men were never consulted about
making the rule. The world doesn't want or de-
serve and better rule"
Now let US consider this rule. What has Il
done for the women, the children the men. the
homo and the natlon2 II has Inundated
hearts, and filled their very souls with despair
and grief; has robbed children OF loving fathers
and of respectable homes, and the mere men
world OF whom they should be proud, has
brought the blush OF shame upon their faces
Has the double standard brought happiness TO
man? No it has made him traitor to those
whom he should love most--his wife and chill
dren; II has wrecked his home. and often has
driven him to suicide or murder. Happiness!
An. no. Far from 1t. Homes are the founda-
ton OF the nation, and that which robs n home
OF it's happiness and wrecks 1t. surely will bring
good TO n nation, VIII any right thinking
man woman dare say, as Mr., Carrick does:
The world doesn't want or deserve any better
rule The women and the world demand and
viii have n better "rulo." I do not believe as
has been stated, that this rule" was made by
women. True Il has been handed down TO Us
through the ages but so have many other uu-
lust rules and practices which are disappearing
In the light of a more advanced civilization
Less than so years ago women were in most
cases dependent upon mCn--father brother or
hushnnd--for their livelihood; they submitted
to the rule" simply because they could not help
themselves However the world has progressed,
woman has come into her own, and today sue
ccsstuly compctcs with man i'm nearly every
line Of work There is hardly profession that
women have not entered, and in most cases the
world has been made better Tor her having done
SO. The double standard has Just about sceu
Its day. Women are no longer dependent upon
are In a position to make demands and TO see
that they are met
Men who are fair 10 themselves and fair 10
women are ready and willing 10 accept stand
ard that shows no discriminaton--onc that
will make the world "A better place for all The
world Is full OF good, honest, upright fair
minded men who recognize the fact that a good
woman has the right 20 expect OF the man she
marries the same nobility ana purity and free
dom from communicating disease, before mar
riage. and the same high regard Tor the marital
vows afterward, that he demands In her The
fact that the double standard has prevailed for
many centuries does not argue either for It's
business or Its eNpcdency; neither does the fact
that have not yet attained the lofty standard.
outlined above mean that a baser one should be
held up Tor emulation.
MISS L, r, W, stenographor.
! Tulsa, April &c, l92l.