I'm Reading A Book Named "A Guide To The Correction Of Young Gentlemen Or, The Successful Administration

I'm reading a book named "A Guide to The Correction of Young Gentlemen Or, The Successful Administration Of Physical Discipline To Males, By Females" - essentially, a fantasy femdom BDSM book, written in 1924 by Alice Kerr-Sutherland but first published in 1991.

It has some genuinely fascinating stuff to say about gender, and I feel like it's worth looking at/thinking about in the context of Historical Gender Stuff. This 100 year old book has the following to say:

"The truth is that some young gentlemen would rather they had been born young ladies: they cannot admit this openly, because in the male world to confess as much would lead to instant ostracism if not worse; but they cannot conceal it either, and by preferring the company of girls, and soft, feminine clothing, and by flinching during the rough pursuits to which all boys, willing or no, are occasionally heirs, they attract opprobrium."

"Such boys weep too readily for their fellows' tastes - weeping is a great crime among boys unless it is generally admitted that circumstances left little choice - and are hounded for that reason."

"Just as there are girls who had rather been boys - we all know examples of the type - there are boys who, in a kinder world, would have been born into the gender more suited to their dispositions."

"Many young people of this sort are riven with a guilt they do not deserve but have been forced, by the conventions of society, to adopt; they are confused, ashamed and thoroughly unhappy."

"The ideal thing to do would be to treat these cases on their merits, send them to girls' schools, and so on. (The same thing should happen with those girls who would rather be young gentlemen.) Boys of this sort are girls in any case-in all respects save one."

"Most subjects of this sort have a secret name - a girl's name."

intro: part 2

cracks knuckles. we're doing this again because the,,,1-2 years ago when i made my last one is very inaccurate now

GENERAL/BASIC INFO

My main name is Felix but Ruix or Robin work as well. My pronouns are he/it but I don't particularly mind they/them or she/her. He/him and it/its are just my preferred pair. I live in Canada, which, in terms of pop culture and [most] slang, is pretty much the same as the US.

INTERESTS

These change all the time, this is still the same. Please do not follow me for a singular fandom as it is unlikely that I'll continuously post for it. I get fixated on something for a little bit and then move on, though somewhat steady fandoms have been the Riordanverse [specifically the mythologies series' and spin-offs] and Genshin Impact. My own PJO inspired OCs are my main interests, however.

CONTENT

Mainly shitposts about my current interest(s), and if I feel confident enough, oneshots about a character or pairing that I enjoy. Reblogs of random things that I enjoy will be scattered throughout, but I generally try to keep those to my sideblogs [which are not yet properly set up but I'll get to them. Eventually]. I might do miscellaneous writing prompts and post them here. Quality is absolutely not guaranteed because most internet things I do are for fun and not serious at all.

TAGS

I use the most commonly used/accepted fandom tags for pairings, characters, and everything else. For my own, I'll use #reblog for reblogs, obviously, and #og ruix for any original posts of mine. I...will try to remember to put the date in the tags, in the #DD/MM/YYYY format. Other than that, I will be tagging trigger warnings for things such as: substances [illegal or legal], depictions of violence/death, flashing lights or eyestrain, etc. I will NOT be tagging for swearing.

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koraandnova

1 year ago