Charlotte Perkins Gilman

American humanist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry & nonfiction, & a lecturer for social reform #SOC308 #PIOSOC

[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

I have voiced my opinion on why their needs to be
economic equality between the sexes. Now I ask you what are you doing in today's society to make this happen?
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

Sociology allowed me to speak about women rights in marriage, the work force & in the home, post pardon depression & other difficult topics.
The reason I do this is to make people think, agree and question their preconceptions on these topics.
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

Housework should be equally distributed between men & women. This is because a house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

To answer one of my pervious questions I argue that yes sex & domestic economics go hand in hand in order for women to survive. For example, from childhood, young girls are forced into a social constraint that prepares them for motherhood. #soc308 #socialtheory 1-3 (8/10)

[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

Y E S
Women should be able to work outside the home because it allows for economic independence.
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

Does sex & domestic economics go hand in hand? Should women work outside the home? Should only women be doing house work? These are a few of the questions that inspire me to speak up for women.
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

F E M I N I S M

really is the social awakening of the women of all the world
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

One argument I have is this:
There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. Might as well speak of a female liver. #soc308 #socialtheory 2-2 (5/10)

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Charles Darwin's theory of Darwinism is the basis of my arguments. #soc308 #socialtheory 1-2 (5/10)

[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

Another argument I make is that male aggressiveness and maternal roles for women are no longer necessary for survival in post-prehistoric times.
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

Theory of reform: Darwinism is a theory that I embrace.

I argue that Darwin's theories of evolution only represent males as the given in the process of human evolution, thus overlooking the origins of the female brain in society.
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

The economic independence & specialization of women is essential to the improvement of marriage, motherhood, domestic industry & racial improvement.

Want to know more about this argument? check out:
WOMEN AND ECONOMICS
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

1884, the year of my first marriage to Charles Walter Stetson.

1885, the year my only child Katharine Beecher Stetson was born.

1894, the year that I decided to divorce my first husband.
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[Charlotte Perkins Gilman @VoiceofGilman]

Hello Twitter, Charlotte Perkins Gilman here! I consider myself a humanist, novelist, writer & lecturer of social reform. I believe that the domestic environment oppresses women through the patriarchal beliefs upheld by society. #soc308 #socialtheory (1/10)