File 5 - Role of women in society.

Publication from the American Eugenics Party on their stance on the role of women in society. The AEP belief is that women are "deviating from their proper role in society" and that the demands of feminism were more than necessary to correct any injustices imposed on women. The AEP proposes that women are not the same or the opposite of men, but that similarities, opposites and compliments exist. The AEP believes that women being given the vote has directly lead to the downfall of society towards socialism. Women are also unable to do "inventive research" and can only do "discovery research" that helps men. Women are also more materially orientated, passive, trusting, and more sympathetic for the weak. The AEP does not believe in women having the right to vote, or occupy leadership positions in society. Instead, the AEP says that women have a role in society, but one that suits their abilities. The AEP uses what they consider to be scientific evidence to back up their points. Some of the scientific evidence includes that women have smaller brains, that women only do well on IQ tests when the questions are geared toward their strengths (such as social questions), that women don't received as many advanced degrees, that most women who work are clerical workers, that all major inventions have been by men, that dysgenics has increased since women were given the vote, that the first women's political party was formed to help free enslaved people, that most interracial marriages are a white woman and a Black man, that women are more similar to animals, and that there are sex-linked characteristics. The AEP also offers reasons as to why it is detrimental to women that they are no longer in traditional roles. These include: women have increased mental health illness and suicidal attempts, women cause traffic accidents, women are too suggestible, and that women not being in traditional roles increases "family disharmony".