"It was understood that no girl was interested in a man or showed any liking for him until he had made all the advances. You knew a man very well before you wrote or received a letter from him…There were few men who have dared to use my first name," (38).
When comparing how women were treated in the 1905 to how they are treated in 2015, there are some major differences. One was that women weren't allowed to show any liking towards a man in 1905, whereas, now, most people would applaud a girl who asks a boy out. It makes me wonder, was society trying to protect those women or did they feel the women weren't capable of taking the lead in a relationship? I believe that society did not think women were capable of taking the lead because women
When comparing how women were treated in the 1905 to how they are treated in 2015, there are some major differences. One was that women weren't allowed to show any liking towards a man in 1905, whereas, now, most people would applaud a girl who asks a boy out. It makes me wonder, was society trying to protect those women or did they feel the women weren't capable of taking the lead in a relationship? I believe that society did not think women were capable of taking the lead because women