Women in the home
Sir,—l endorse Dr Fraser
MacDonald’s statements on the subject of marriage in New Zealand. The Hamilton branch of the National Council of Women states that Dr MacDonald’s utterances might cause “much ill-feeling and could do harm.” Dr MacDonald replies, “If my comments on the matter are dangerous then marriage must be in a pretty fragile state.” Indeed he has reached the heart of the matter, because many frightened women dare not comment, preferring to hide in their unhappy state. I suggest the fear of being a social outcast, if one should be so outspoken, forces women to accept their unhappy state. We have “happy wives,” spotless houses, clean children, fulfilled husbands. But, oh, those poor, beaten, sometimes unwanted children, punished by parents who release aggressions caused by stresses and strains within their marriage! Children are the victims of many fragile marriages in New Zealand, and suffer under the hand of nagging, grizzling women who are too afraid to admit the state of their unhappiness.—Yours, etc., MRS C.D.R. June 10, 1971.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32633, 15 June 1971, Page 12
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