WHY WOMEN ARE NEWS
"Crime is news; divorce is news; girl mothers arc news; fabric gloves and dolls’ eyes are, for some unaccountable reason news; centenaries of-famous men are, for some still stranger reason, news; railway accidents are news; the wrongdoing of clergymen is news; strangest of all, women are inherently and with no activities bn tlieir part, news, in a way that men are not. . . All sorts of articles and letters appear in the papers about women. Profound questions are raised concerning them. Should they smoke ? Should they work? Vote? Take orders? Marry? Exist? Are not their skirts too short, or their sleeves? Have' they a sense of humour, or honour, of direction? Are spinsters superfluous? But how seldom similar inquiries are propounded about men. How few persons discuss superfluous bachelors, or whether tho male arm or leg is an immodest sight, or whether men should vote. For men are not news." —"Mystery of Geneva," by Rose Macaulay.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11438, 7 February 1923, Page 9
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159WHY WOMEN ARE NEWS New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11438, 7 February 1923, Page 9
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