feminismandhappiness:questionableadvice:silvermarmoset:questionableadvice:~ “Progress”,  1915 editor

feminismandhappiness:questionableadvice:silvermarmoset:questionableadvice:~ “Progress”,  1915 editorial cartoonSociety despairs of the Modern Woman, 1915 styleHistory geek note: Now I’m imagining an editorial cartoon from 1615 comparing “Ye Moderne Bible Reading Woman” with the good, old-fashioned women from 1315 who didn’t insist on learning to read the bible for themselves but were content to have a learned Man of the Church interpret it for them. I’d try drawing it myself if I could draw anything other then stick figures.The editorial cartoon from 1615 you imagine actually exists! Or at least, something a lot like it.This is an illustration from the 1600s. First picture shows the good old days, when people carried around lances to stab people with and we actually read literature and wore spurred boots. The second picture is THE DEGENERATE PRESENT, where all these 1600s millennials wear RIBBONS and play DICE and SMOKE and DRINK STUFF FROM SNAKE FLAGONS. Damn 1600s hipsters. It was better when I was your age.  Humanity, never change.Look! Silvermarmoset posted an editorial cartoon from the 1600s, providing more proof that no matter what century you were born into you always just missed the good old days.“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt forauthority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up daintiesat the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.” (Socrates, 470-399 BC)“I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyondwords… When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise[disrespectful] and impatient of restraint” (Hesiod, 8th century BC).“The world is passing through troublous times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unladylike in speech, behavior and dress.”(Peter the Hermit in A.D. 1274) -- source link

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