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Editorial
August 10, 1881
Mower County Transcript
Austin, Lansing, Mower County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
The editorial critiques societal hypocrisy in shunning prostitutes while accepting their male patrons, advocating for kind treatment to help women reform and equal judgment for moral change.
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—The girls who inhabit the houses of ill-repute in this city are not half as bad as the husbands and young men who visit these places. Some of these poor things would gladly give up their lives of wretchedness and sin, but who will help them? Probably not one in this whole city would take one of these women to their homes, and by kind treatment, try to win them back to ways of virtue and happiness. But the men, what of them? Society extends open arms, and receives them with smiles, and those who are not already husbands, we wed our daughters to. When good men and women will treat alike the bad man and the fallen woman, then and then only, can we hope for a change in these things.
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Reform
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Prostitution
Social Hypocrisy
Fallen Women
Moral Reform
Vice
Virtue
What entities or persons were involved?
Girls In Houses Of Ill Repute
Husbands And Young Men
Society
Good Men And Women
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Societal Hypocrisy Toward Prostitutes And Their Male Clients
Stance / Tone
Critique Of Hypocrisy And Call For Equal Treatment
Key Figures
Girls In Houses Of Ill Repute
Husbands And Young Men
Society
Good Men And Women
Key Arguments
Prostitutes Are Less Culpable Than Male Visitors
Women In Prostitution Desire Reform But Lack Help
Society Rejects Fallen Women But Welcomes Immoral Men
Equal Treatment Of Men And Women Is Essential For Moral Change