"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know how they've managed to make this law in their favor, or who exactly it was who gave them a greater license to sin than is allowed to us; and if the fault is common to both sexes (as they can hardly deny), why should the blame not be as well?
Interpretation
The quote critiques societal norms that unfairly blame women while allowing men greater freedom to act immorally.
In this quote, Cornelia expresses her frustration with the double standards imposed by society regarding gender roles and morality. She points out that while both men and women are capable of immoral behavior, only women seem to face the brunt of societal blame, questioning the fairness of this discrepancy and calling for equal accountability for both sexes.
In practice
During a gender studies lecture to illustrate the impact of societal norms.
Because war and preparations for war have acquired legitimacy, and because of the tremendous proliferation of arms through production and export, so that they are now available more or less to all and sundry, right down to handguns and stilettos, the cult of violence has by now so permeated relations between people that we are compelled to witness as well an increase in everyday violence.
"Do not repine, my friends," said Mr. Pecksniff, tenderly. "Do not weep for me. It is chronic."
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
I don't like the term 'colour-blind' - because I don't want people to be blind to my colour.
Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and right and wrong, issuing from a multitude of self-opinionated thinkers.
I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through. Listen to this music.
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