Proctectorate – Noun – a small country that is controlled and protected by a larger one
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protectorate
Mina Loy Feminist Manifesto
The man who lives a life in which his activities conform to a social code which is protectorate of the feminine element—–is no longer masculine
What I understand about the passage now is that the feminine element is controlled by man.
If I were to write a manifesto about woman and our society today. I would write about gender discrimination. Gender discrimination refers to “the practice whereby one sex is given preferential treatment over the others. The practice of giving social importance to the biological differences between men and women is there everywhere. In some societies, these differences are very much pronounced while in others, they are given less importance. If I were to write about this issue in a bold way I might go for the smaller things that people do not really notice.
The first being; We have yet to have a woman president. 49 other countries in the world have. Yet America has not, granted we are currently experiencing our first black president so I am sure one is coming in the future. Why is it hard for us to vote a woman president? Why has only one run so far that has had a decent chance of wining?
The second being this; Haircuts. I was getting a haircut well 2 months ago, but I am sure it has not changed since then. I got my haircut and looked at the price for a mens which was $12 and then I look at the price for a woman and it said $25. I thought thank god I am a guy. Okay so maybe I am a guy and do not know anything about woman but an extra $13 for a haircut? I just feel we should all be entitled to a cheap haircut. Is there that much more supplies / energy / work that goes into it? maybe they could each be $18 or $15? Also this was at a local barber shop, do not get me started on those salons, and the people that pay $200 for a haircut.
In “Feminist Manifesto”, Loy is encouraging women to take charge of their life by taking control and having their own identities that are different from men. This show us even back then in 1900’s women were fighting for their rights and individuality to have their own identity in society. When Loy said “The desire for comfortable protection instead of and intelligent curiosity and courage in meeting…” Loy tells women that they should strive for something other than comfortable protection by men. They should strive for intelligent curiosity and courage.
If I were to write a manifesto about women in our society, the issues I might write about would be the violence against women. By having an understanding of violence in relationships, families and communities is a root cause for violence in our society. We need to change how this problem manifests and magnifies itself in society at large to address the problem at its core. By changing an individual point of view towards domestic violence, we may achieve a transformation of society overtime.
I am not sure what you mean by writing this issue in a bold way, but since this manifesto will be about my view, motives and intentions I would try to write it in a way that promotes my idea for carrying out changes about domestic violence.
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