You might think American society has come far in its belief of the equality of men and women or that women are free to do whatever they want in this day and age.
Nope.
Something called the cult of true womanhood or the cult of domesticity is very much alive today.
I love studying this kind of gender and communication studies stuff.
According to Barbara Welter’s research called The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860, the cult of true womanhood consisted of four main virtues:
- piety
- purity
- submissiveness
- domesticity
