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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1912
Page
9
A Boston Post Sewing Circle letter recalls a mother who forgave her son for a grave offense while noting a harsher standard for daughters. Readers debate the double moral standard, urging mothers to hold sons and daughters to equal accountability.
A letter accuses a woman of promoting immorality by forgiving a daughter and urges moral standards for both genders. The writer condemns perceived hypocrisy and calls for stronger Christian conduct from women to curb immoral behavior.
A reader laments a mother’s forgiveness of her son after confession while condemning a daughter’s misdeeds. The letter argues true motherhood should show equal mercy to both children and questions the writer’s claim to motherly love.
A Belmont Sister writes that many women are drugged with sympathy and neglect family duties in the quest for martyrdom. She laments lack of support at home where husband and daughter belittle her attempts to share experiences and seek sympathy from neighbors. She contemplates losing her sanity without external talk.
An Old-Fashioned Wife argues that women who discuss private family matters with outsiders invite harm to neighborhood peace. She condemns sympathetic listeners who spread private confidences and calls both gossipers and sympathizers criminal wreckers of homes.
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