なんとチャーチルの言葉だった

以前紹介したキャリーマラガン主演の女性参政権運動の映画Suffragetteの予告編が公開されて話題になっています。メリルストリープのサッチャー首相の映画と同じ脚本家のようです。以下のような印象的なセリフがあります。

“It’s deeds, not words, that will get us the vote,”

“All my life I’ve done what men told me. Well I can’t have that anymore.”

“We break windows. We burn things. Because war’s the only language men listen to.”

“We’re in every home. We’re half the human race. You can’t stop us all.”

冒頭の今では差別的な表現も当時の社会的な通念を表しているのでしょうか。

“Women should not exercise judgment in political affairs.”

“If we allow women to vote it will mean the loss of social structure.”

JUNE 3 2015 2:02 PM
If You’re Not an Old-School Sexist, You’ll Enjoy the Trailer for Suffragette
By L.V. Anderson

“Women should not exercise judgment in political affairs.” Such a blatantly sexist statement is considered blasphemy to any rational person today which may be why the first full-length trailer for Suffragette opens with it: The idea that anyone would say such a thing just 100 years ago is a sign of how far society has come in treating women as equal to men. As feel-good messages go, this one casts a wide net.

この“If we allow women to vote it will mean the loss of social structure.”については、発言者はチャーチル英首相の言葉のようで、Yahoo Answerでスレッドが立っています。チャーチル英首相が偉大な人物であるのは間違いないですが、批判的に捉える視点も必要みたいです。

"The women's suffrage movement is only the small edge of the wedge, if we allow women to vote it will mean the loss of social structure and the rise of every liberal cause under the sun. Women are well represented by their fathers, brothers, and husbands."
WINSTON CHURCHILL


What do you think of this Winston Churchill quote against women's suffrage?

当時の男性の視点からすると彼女たちの行動は「テロ活動」にしか見えないかもしれません。「テロ活動」の評価の難しさも感じます。