Haha, thanks man, but history is what it is. Â I take no credit for the fact that feminists will twist it to make women the victims.
It gets even more heinous because Suffragettes werenât exactly known to be proponents of peace. Â They were vociferously supportive of men fulfilling what was seen as their duty to country by fighting in the war they didnât even have the right to vote in.
In England, the Order of the White Feather would pin white feathers on men who had not joined the British Army as a symbol of cowardice. Essentially they considered it their right to be able to vote for wars and overtly expressed that it was menâs job to fight in these wars on their behalf.
Hereâs one story of their shaming tactics:
A 15-year-old boy lied about his age to get into the army in 1914. He was in the retreat from Mons, the battle of the Marne and the first battle of Ypres, before he caught a fever and was sent home. Walking across Putney Bridge, four girls gave him white feathers. âI explained to them that I had been in the army and been discharged, and I was still only 16. Several people had collected around the girls and there was giggling, and I felt most uncomfortable and awfully embarrassed and⌠very humiliated.â He walked straight into the nearest recruiting office and rejoined the army.
To pour salt on an already repeatedly opened wound, the conscription age was lower than the voting age until the last leg of the Vietnam War. Â Young men could be drafted and maimed in war only to come home without their vote. Male privilege, indeed.
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