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How were liberty and equality for women
to be defined?
The liberal politician Carl Welcker, an elected
member of the Frankfurt Parliament, expressed
the following views:
"Nature has created men and women to carry
out different functions ... Man, the stronger, the
bolder and freer of the two, has been designated
as protector of the family, its provider, meant for
public tasks in the domain of law, production,
defence. Woman, the weaker, dependent and
timid, requires the protection of man. Her sphere
is the home, the care of the children, the
nurturing of the family ... Do we require any
further proof that given such differences, equality
between the sexes would only endanger
harmony and destroy the dignity of the family?'
Louise Otto-Peters (1819-95) was a political
activist who founded a women's journal and
subsequently a feminist political association. The
first issue of her newspaper (21 April 1849) carried
the following editorial:
'Let us ask how many men, possessed by
thoughts of living and dying for the sake of Liberty,
of
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Answer:
The liberal politician Carl Welcker, an elected member of the Frankfurt Parliament, says that
(i) Woman is weaker, dependent, timid (peaceful) and
requires the protection of man and her sphere is the home where she keeps children and does household duties such as cooking, washing and cleaning, etc.
(ii) Equality between the sexes of woman and man would only endanger harmony and destroy the dignity of the family.
Louise Otto-Peters, a political activist andfounder of a woman’s journal and a feminist political association says that, men try to gain freedom and liberty for all.
Actually their untiring efforts are intended for the welfare of only one half of humanity that is men. She advocated that liberty cannot be divided among the men and women.
An Anonymous writer says that It is unjust to discriminate against women on the basis of gender. The women should not be deprived of the right to vote while an illiterate man has been given the right to vote.
The above discussion shows that Louise Otto-Peters and the anonymous writer advocate for women’s rights of liberty and equality, but the first writer Carl Welcker does not favour woman’s rights of liberty and equality.
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