Oh, my. The section before the excerpted text is this turd:
“The curious feeling of rivalry which nowadays is felt in some cases, and written about between the two sexes is one of the most preposterous and unscientific feelings that was ever expressed. It should be strenuously resisted by every sensible man and woman. Each sex has a place and a work which the other can not do. Each is necessary to the other, each completes the happiness of the other. One of the tasks of the practical sociology of the future will be to find out the true spheres and work of each sex, and to regulate our social system in accordance with that knowledge.”
The next section speaks of “The ideal woman…” in literature. Then there is this sentence: “History shows that woman is easier satisfied and more adaptable in regard to marriage than man, for she seemed to be fairly happy whether as a slave wife, a paramour, or a joint worker.”
There is much, much more in “The Hygiene of Mind” (1906).
Although rebellion is quite attractive, being so romantic in nature, one against the many, the small against the big, the epic struggle against overwhelming odds, it usually just imposes new atrocities against romanticized enemies, be they real or imagined. This nurtures and renews the cycle of abuse that fuels the inborn human need to rebel. A fully successful rebellion then becomes a thing against which the next rebellion will be raised. Also see: reciprocating internal combustion engine.
“Greater knowledge and a rational hygiene”? It’s long amazed me, the deeply ingrained belief in the virtuousness of being clean. I think it had to to with European immigrants, especially from southern and eastern Europe, who were perceived as less than optimally clean.
“What horrid superstition, what blinding prejudice, what unparalleled stupidity is that, which cannot understand the simple doctrine of the restoration of health by purification.” Introduction to Philosophy of Natural Hygiene, Herbert M. Shelton
(my favorite part was, “seedy, grubby, crooked-toothed and smelly”)
“A more plausible reason for the absence of the dirty-stupid ethnic joke from Britain, France and Ireland, is the lack in those countries of the American ethic of, and obsession with, ”rational" hygiene as a means of attaining personal physical perfection and eternal youthfulness. The use of deodorants and hair dye by men, orthodontic intervention, face-lifts, and the embalming of corpses, are all vastly more common in North America (Davies 1996) than in Britain, France and Ireland where the local people are more willing to remain seedy, grubby, crooked-toothed and smelly and to accept the imperfections of appearance imposed on them by nature and ageing. These two sets of peoples seem to have two differing concepts of rationality. The North Americans seek to maximize cleanliness and youthful perfection and to fight against dirt, decay, death and dissolution (Davies 1996), much as their ancestors sought to be cleansed of their sins (Davies 1990a, 1996). Not to do so is in their terms to be stupid and un-American and hence the butt of jokes. The British, the French and the Irish by contrast do not pursue cleanliness and youth in this way, presumably because they see it as futile and irrational to pursue a goalthat can never be attained in a world where human imperfection, ageing and death are inevitable. There is, after all, little evidence to show that the greater adherence to an ethic of rational-hygiene of the North Americans has led to their living longer or happier lives."
The Sense of Humor: Explorations of a Personality Characteristic.
Slogans will get you only so far, sister. The naked truth is that this is one ugly rebel. Even without the stylized blonde wig and coronet, even without the wordy chip on her left shoulder, she seems to have bathed in hot tar! Now, that’s lame hygiene!
olivefoote about 6 years ago
The Woman Rebel!! I am one.
Howard'sMyHero about 6 years ago
That’s one mean looking vagina hat ….
*Hot Rod* about 6 years ago
Thought I saw a pink pussy hat….Tweety’s Pie…
Randy B Premium Member about 6 years ago
Oh, my. The section before the excerpted text is this turd:
“The curious feeling of rivalry which nowadays is felt in some cases, and written about between the two sexes is one of the most preposterous and unscientific feelings that was ever expressed. It should be strenuously resisted by every sensible man and woman. Each sex has a place and a work which the other can not do. Each is necessary to the other, each completes the happiness of the other. One of the tasks of the practical sociology of the future will be to find out the true spheres and work of each sex, and to regulate our social system in accordance with that knowledge.”
The next section speaks of “The ideal woman…” in literature. Then there is this sentence: “History shows that woman is easier satisfied and more adaptable in regard to marriage than man, for she seemed to be fairly happy whether as a slave wife, a paramour, or a joint worker.”
There is much, much more in “The Hygiene of Mind” (1906).
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 6 years ago
Although rebellion is quite attractive, being so romantic in nature, one against the many, the small against the big, the epic struggle against overwhelming odds, it usually just imposes new atrocities against romanticized enemies, be they real or imagined. This nurtures and renews the cycle of abuse that fuels the inborn human need to rebel. A fully successful rebellion then becomes a thing against which the next rebellion will be raised. Also see: reciprocating internal combustion engine.
waycyber about 6 years ago
Beware of whispering tiger fruit. It is not what it appears to be.
Radish... about 6 years ago
Have you ever tried to get a road map in Froglandia? Impossible…
coltish1 about 6 years ago
“Greater knowledge and a rational hygiene”? It’s long amazed me, the deeply ingrained belief in the virtuousness of being clean. I think it had to to with European immigrants, especially from southern and eastern Europe, who were perceived as less than optimally clean.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 6 years ago
Cleanliness is next to godlessness.
garrodwilbur about 6 years ago
my papa is from ENGLAND ad mama is from souther GERMANY I hope I am clean .
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 6 years ago
#metoo
Ray_C about 6 years ago
Is that a dangling chromosome I see?
Rotifer FREE BEER & BATH MATS ON FEB. 31! Thalweg Premium Member about 6 years ago
“What horrid superstition, what blinding prejudice, what unparalleled stupidity is that, which cannot understand the simple doctrine of the restoration of health by purification.” Introduction to Philosophy of Natural Hygiene, Herbert M. Shelton
Rotifer FREE BEER & BATH MATS ON FEB. 31! Thalweg Premium Member about 6 years ago
Rational hygiene, explained.
(my favorite part was, “seedy, grubby, crooked-toothed and smelly”)
“A more plausible reason for the absence of the dirty-stupid ethnic joke from Britain, France and Ireland, is the lack in those countries of the American ethic of, and obsession with, ”rational" hygiene as a means of attaining personal physical perfection and eternal youthfulness. The use of deodorants and hair dye by men, orthodontic intervention, face-lifts, and the embalming of corpses, are all vastly more common in North America (Davies 1996) than in Britain, France and Ireland where the local people are more willing to remain seedy, grubby, crooked-toothed and smelly and to accept the imperfections of appearance imposed on them by nature and ageing. These two sets of peoples seem to have two differing concepts of rationality. The North Americans seek to maximize cleanliness and youthful perfection and to fight against dirt, decay, death and dissolution (Davies 1996), much as their ancestors sought to be cleansed of their sins (Davies 1990a, 1996). Not to do so is in their terms to be stupid and un-American and hence the butt of jokes. The British, the French and the Irish by contrast do not pursue cleanliness and youth in this way, presumably because they see it as futile and irrational to pursue a goalthat can never be attained in a world where human imperfection, ageing and death are inevitable. There is, after all, little evidence to show that the greater adherence to an ethic of rational-hygiene of the North Americans has led to their living longer or happier lives."
The Sense of Humor: Explorations of a Personality Characteristic.
Ruch, Willibald p. 302 (Mouton de Gruyter, 1996)
*Hot Rod* about 6 years ago
The whirled is a changing inside a blender. You go girl, you go.
6turtle9 about 6 years ago
Two tickets please, mezzanine front row.
Sisyphos about 6 years ago
Slogans will get you only so far, sister. The naked truth is that this is one ugly rebel. Even without the stylized blonde wig and coronet, even without the wordy chip on her left shoulder, she seems to have bathed in hot tar! Now, that’s lame hygiene!