Comments on: The Demise of The Southern Woman

By: Lynn Maust

Lynn Maust — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:02:39 +0000

Oh my, YES! To buy your daughter her own home would be the most valuable blessing you could ever confer upon her,unless she and you wanted her to continue to live under your family roof, with that protection.
LCM

By: Lydia McGaughey Sherman

Lydia McGaughey Sherman — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:00:08 +0000

The Media has done a great deal of harm to the image of the Southern woman. Actresses from the south were cast in roles which portrayed them as silly, irresponsible air-heads. Films show the south as being bigoted, cruel, hypocritical in nature. Southerns need to take the government media complex and the fed. govt. out of their culture as much as they possibly can, starting with getting their children out of the public schools and educating them in their own heritage. I was raised by a southern father, an Ulster-Scot, who taught all of us his values and his heritage. The restoration of the southern culture depends on education. Girls should all know the historical accounts of the women of the south. The women are going to teach the future generations. I read a lot of things about the problem of the south still being occupied—well, it is. It is occupied by the prevailing culture, which needs to be kicked out. I remember during the hippie movement on the west coast, that it was not as prevalent in the south, because they still had their Christian values. We must also stop sending our children to colleges. Christian colleges are bad, too, often being infiltrated by progressive professors who do not even believe in the motto of the college or in the teachings of the scriptures. I have had some experience in dealing with a prominent Christian college and an objectional textbook. It was like dealing with government offices, being passed from one to another and never getting anywhere. Save your money and buy your daughter a house instead.

By: Stephen Clay McGehee

Stephen Clay McGehee — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:03:31 +0000

Two key, and related, points that you make – “they hold a greater responsibility” and “they do not understand the power that they have”. Those same points come to mind when we watch modern day “celebrities” publicly display their lifestyles of debauchery and contempt for traditional values. When questioned (a very rare occurrence) about their status as a role model, their reply is usually something along the lines of “it is my private life.” They want the wealth and status that goes with being a public figure – but without the social responsibility that goes with it. They are not the anomaly, but the norm. We live in a society where people accept privilege but reject the notion that responsibility goes along with it.

“Of whom much is given, much is expected.”

Thank you for what I hope is your first of many posts here on the Confederate Colonel project!

By: Lydia McGaughey Sherman

Lydia McGaughey Sherman — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:57:45 +0000

Perhaps it sounds unfair to pick on public southern women for any breech in good taste, but they hold a greater responsiblity to be a light and a guide in our country. They are from the original southern states which first formed the United States. They are for the most part, generationally connected to the very first settlers, often living on the very same land or in the same city that their grandmothers lived. They have the advantage of the example of those refined women who went before them. While in other areas of the country you see that people moved around a lot and were likely to lose touch with who they were, the southern women have roots, and those roots lead to their souls. Today in American society, we see women who are out of touch with their ancestors and also with their souls. Glassy-eyed young southern women drinking with friends are not going to be the strong female leaders of society. They are not going to be the mothers reading the Bible to future generations. They do not understand the power that they have to restore southern culture.