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Two Feminine Ideals
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
On the right, we have the Servant of
God Maria Clotilda de Savoy Napoleon (1843-1911), outstanding
for her birth, her grand personal distinction, as well as
for her virtue. She will probably be elevated to the honors
of the altars, since the cause of her beatification is already
under way. By the nobility of her bearing, she represents
a typical Christian lady of the nineteenth century wholly
turned to a life of sacrifice particularly at home, applying
herself with great dedication as a mother and wife according
to the spirit of the Church. Though she is very feminine,
her whole makeup mirrors an outstanding firmness that does
not exclude a great kindness. In a word, she can be considered
as an authentic expression of the true feminine ideal.
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Romanian communist, Ana Pauker is the
archetype of a woman formed according to the norms of communism.
Gross, masculine, showing neither the modesty nor dedication
that a woman's place in society requires, she is a blatant
tom girl without feelings, fitting the brutal and mechanical
era that modern neo-paganism is ushering in.
Click
here to see a close up of her as she appeared on the
cover of TIME magazine Sep 20 1948.
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