DID YOU KNOW...
Women Were Once Banned from Smoking in Public
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. -- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
DID YOU KNOW...
THis one wasn't so much of a surprise.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding. The only attention they could pay to women was smoking rules without the right to vote!!
DeleteThere were lots of rules for women that didn't apply to men. I'm glad that's over.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ♥
And that was because men were making the rules.
DeleteThough it was totally sexist, I almost wish it had stayed around during my time instead of making smoking glamorous. Had they done that, I would breathe easier today.
ReplyDeleteMe Too!
DeleteWhat was Right in one time and age will become absurd in another time and age...that's what History teaches us!
ReplyDeleteYou are correct.
DeleteGosh I didn't know that. Well if men can smoke I guess women should be allowed too - but it would be nice if no one smoked.
ReplyDeleteI think pretty soon there's not gonna be many smokers.
DeleteSigh. I didn't know but am not surprised. Control of women continues to this day. Which saddens and enrages me.
ReplyDeleteYou and me both.
DeleteIt seems there are lots of things "Nice Girls" don't do in public. Whistling used to be another one.
ReplyDeleteOnce it was OK for women to smoke then it became wrong for them to walk with a cigarette in their hand.
DeleteIt seems to take forever for those with vaginas to not be second class citizens around the globe.
ReplyDeleteDo you think it will ever completely change?
DeleteI knew it was frowned upon but didn't know it was actually banned. In that case I think men should have been banned too. I'm glad these days more people are shunning smoking altogether.
ReplyDeleteI smoked my last cigarette on November 6, 2003 just before my first and most massive heart attack. Before that it was a difficult habit to break. Four days on morphine helped.
DeleteEven in the very early 60's women smoking on the streets was frowned upon-- at least in SF.
ReplyDeleteMy sister went to college first and taught me all the ins and outs of women's smoking etiquette. I don't think there were any rules for men.
DeleteIf we are not careful those days will be back.
ReplyDeleteIn many ways they never left. We can fool ourselves to say we've come a long way.
DeleteThose days are almost back. I used to be a smoker, but I gave up a few years ago. I never, would never, smoke while walking out in the public arena. It never was a good look, particularly for a woman to be seen smoking while walking along the street...in my opinion, anyway.
ReplyDeleteThe rules for women smoking made it very attractive for young gals such as myself at age 15 to pick up the glamour.
DeleteIt feels like women's rights are being taken away more and more again. And it's sad that there are women who are allowing it.
ReplyDeleteAnd we are our own worst enemies.
DeleteSome of those laws, both written and unwritten, were quite perplexing to read about.
ReplyDeleteThose unwritten laws are the ones that made others glare at us if we got sloppy in our use of cigarettes.
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