Comments on: The Men and Women’s Club http://edwardianpromenade.com/love/the-men-and-womens-club/ la belle epoque in our modern world Tue, 22 May 2012 00:16:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Evangeline Holland http://edwardianpromenade.com/love/the-men-and-womens-club/#comment-6503 Evangeline Holland Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:42:56 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1746#comment-6503 <blockquote>Karl Pearson’s The Men and Women’s Club was in the right time period (1885-9) but the name of the Club, and the content of the discussions, seems far more politically provocative, doesn’t it. And it came just at the right time for the emerging Women’s Movement. So I wonder if the club was written out of intellectual history studies intentionally.</blockquote> That's provocative itself. I do know that none of my late Victorian/Edwardian reference books--of which there are a considerable number--do not mention this club, even when they discuss the Fabian Society and the growth of Socialism. I only know about this club because erotic romance author Robin Schone used it in one of the more recent releases. My search on Google Books, from which my sources are culled from, found mentions of the club only in academic books about female sexuality and eugenics in the late 19th century.

Karl Pearson’s The Men and Women’s Club was in the right time period (1885-9) but the name of the Club, and the content of the discussions, seems far more politically provocative, doesn’t it. And it came just at the right time for the emerging Women’s Movement. So I wonder if the club was written out of intellectual history studies intentionally.

That’s provocative itself. I do know that none of my late Victorian/Edwardian reference books–of which there are a considerable number–do not mention this club, even when they discuss the Fabian Society and the growth of Socialism. I only know about this club because erotic romance author Robin Schone used it in one of the more recent releases. My search on Google Books, from which my sources are culled from, found mentions of the club only in academic books about female sexuality and eugenics in the late 19th century.

]]> By: Hels http://edwardianpromenade.com/love/the-men-and-womens-club/#comment-6485 Hels Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:03:59 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1746#comment-6485 From the 1790s right up till the Edwardian era, I have been excited by the idea of intellectual salons that usually specialised in literature, music or the visual arts. Almost always run by a woman, eg Berta Zuckerkandl in http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2009/02/berta-zuckerkandl-viennas-saloniere.html had equal numbers of men and women, and all comment was acceptable, as long as the speaker was witty and thoughtful. But I bet the women didn't use their 50% of the available "air time". Karl Pearson's The Men and Women’s Club was in the right time period (1885-9) but the name of the Club, and the content of the discussions, seems far more politically provocative, doesn't it. And it came just at the right time for the emerging Women's Movement. So I wonder if the club was written out of intellectual history studies intentionally. Many thanks... I will look for some more references during these long summer holidays. Hels Art and Architecture, mainly From the 1790s right up till the Edwardian era, I have been excited by the idea of intellectual salons that usually specialised in literature, music or the visual arts. Almost always run by a woman, eg Berta Zuckerkandl in http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2009/02/berta-zuckerkandl-viennas-saloniere.html had equal numbers of men and women, and all comment was acceptable, as long as the speaker was witty and thoughtful. But I bet the women didn’t use their 50% of the available “air time”.

Karl Pearson’s The Men and Women’s Club was in the right time period (1885-9) but the name of the Club, and the content of the discussions, seems far more politically provocative, doesn’t it. And it came just at the right time for the emerging Women’s Movement. So I wonder if the club was written out of intellectual history studies intentionally.

Many thanks… I will look for some more references during these long summer holidays.

Hels
Art and Architecture, mainly

]]> By: Elizabeth Kerri Mahon http://edwardianpromenade.com/love/the-men-and-womens-club/#comment-6444 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:43:16 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1746#comment-6444 Fascinating post. Someone should use this in a historical novel. Hmm! Fascinating post. Someone should use this in a historical novel. Hmm!

]]> By: heidenkind http://edwardianpromenade.com/love/the-men-and-womens-club/#comment-6399 heidenkind Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:08:58 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1746#comment-6399 Very interesting! I've never heard of this club, but it sounds fascinating. And the idea that women might enjoy sex... shocking! ;) Very interesting! I’ve never heard of this club, but it sounds fascinating.

And the idea that women might enjoy sex… shocking! ;)

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