Judge, 1916-08-19 · page 22 of 28
Judge — August 19, 1916 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This Judge magazine page contains satirical commentary on women's suffrage (voting rights), a major political issue in 1916. The text argues that politicians' dismissive attitudes toward women voters—previously treated as a joke—have suddenly become serious now that four million women may gain the vote. The piece then pivots to "Chivalry Is Not Forfeit," examining how legal protections for women have advanced while male authority has declined. It contrasts Puritan-era laws (where wives could be publicly punished for nagging) with modern protections against domestic abuse—particularly highlighting Kansas, which had granted women suffrage. The satire suggests that male dominance is eroding: husbands now face legal consequences for beating wives, while wives cannot be beaten in return. The underlying argument critiques the loss of traditional male authority under women's political empowerment, presented with dark irony rather than straightforward advocacy.
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If anyone could tell the feelings of a would- be insuperable obstacle as it sees an irresist- ible foree coming down the pike, then and then only could it be known what is in the hearts and minds of politicians in the year of our Lord 1916 when they receive noti that a votes for women delegation is at the door. Chivalry Is Not Forfeit N GOOD old Puritan days if a wife scolded her husband the ducking stool might know her for its own. If, however, a man beat his wife nothing happened to him. In the sight of the law he was only beating himself, as legally the man and wife were one and he was decidedly that one. In these days we behold a gain in the legal status of the wife paralleled by a decline in the legal status of the husband Before the lashes of her tongue must he stand inert and helpless. While he is hers to browbeat, she is not his to beat. A husband-battered wife has rights not to be denied in courts all over the land, but it isin equal suffrage Kansas that the punishment meted out to the husband parallels in its ignominy the ducking stool of Puritan history. Again i forfeit. In w York state, for instance, a wifebeater receives from the judge a piece of his mind and a sentence to the seclusion of the county jail, But in Kansas, where, be it noted, every adult woman is a_ possible constituent, so hateful in the sight of the law is a wifebeater that recently a judge got permission to erect a post in the heart of the business section of a c To this post he announced that he would sentence wife- beating males to be chained so that the scorn of their fellows might be depended on to scorch out of them all desire to repeat the offense. Will men treat woman with less chivalry ¢ right to vote? The danger, y, is quite the other way around. 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