| maleness in America is not absolutely defined; it hasto be kept and reearned every day Margaret MeadINTRODUCTIONTHE CASEFOR STUDYINGMEN AND MASCULINITY"The American Republic stands before the world as the supreme expres-sion of masculine force," proclaimed the Illinois Association Opposed toWomen's Suffrage in 1910. According to every empirical test, Americanmen had affirmed their commitment to progress by subduing nature, thensuccessfully capitalizing on nature's resources. The free, competitiveeconomic system had advanced the human race in all aspects further andfaster than ever in recorded history. The growth of commerce, transporta-tion, and agriculture was impressive. "All these are purely masculineenterprises~ They require exclusively masculine brains as well as brawn."Of course the womenfolk were around too. In fact, "They have an influ-ence over the men of their own nation such as the women of no othercountry possess." In 1910, few men seemed to doubt this in spite of thefact that one-fourth of the states denied women the right of property |
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