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Broken Victorian Children should be Seen and not Heard (1)
Note that the Father's hands in the painting are controlling, not caring
Samuel Butler observed in his novel, The Way of All Flesh, that the belief children should be "well broken" (the archeotrauma*) permeated mid-Victorian society.
The proverb of Chilfren being Seen and not Heard is one of a multitude of ways in which post-trauma abuse can be rationalised in order to reduce any residual natural resistance a child has to being controlled by invisible or psychological chains or handcuffs.
"Children Should Be Seen and Not Heard" has its origins in the religious culture of the 15th century, where children, particularly young women, were meant to stay silent unless spoken to or asked to speak.
It first appeared in John Mirk’s Festial (book of festivals, homilies; the only English sermon collection to be printed in England before the Reformation), published by a clergyman around 1450:
Hyt ys old Englysch sawe: A mayde schuld be seen, but not herd.
("There is [an] old English saying (or saw, proverb, etc.): A maid (girl) should be seen, but not heard.")
A A Milne and George Orwell are among those who have praised The Way of All Flesh; it is ranked twelfth in The Modern Library's list of the top 100 novels of the twentieth century (the book was written between 1873 and 1884 but not published until 1903).
*The archeotrauma (alt. archaeotrauma) is the psychological wound, human beings, horses, and other animals sustain when their spirit is broken.
Also see Evolution and Psychology Research (just a bare-bones holding page at the time of writing, but one that outlines unconventional areas of interest).
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Broken Victorian Children should be Seen and not Heard (1)
Note that the Father's hands in the painting are controlling, not caring
Samuel Butler observed in his novel, The Way of All Flesh, that the belief children should be "well broken" (the archeotrauma*) permeated mid-Victorian society.
The proverb of Chilfren being Seen and not Heard is one of a multitude of ways in which post-trauma abuse can be rationalised in order to reduce any residual natural resistance a child has to being controlled by invisible or psychological chains or handcuffs.
"Children Should Be Seen and Not Heard" has its origins in the religious culture of the 15th century, where children, particularly young women, were meant to stay silent unless spoken to or asked to speak.
It first appeared in John Mirk’s Festial (book of festivals, homilies; the only English sermon collection to be printed in England before the Reformation), published by a clergyman around 1450:
Hyt ys old Englysch sawe: A mayde schuld be seen, but not herd.
("There is [an] old English saying (or saw, proverb, etc.): A maid (girl) should be seen, but not heard.")
A A Milne and George Orwell are among those who have praised The Way of All Flesh; it is ranked twelfth in The Modern Library's list of the top 100 novels of the twentieth century (the book was written between 1873 and 1884 but not published until 1903).
*The archeotrauma (alt. archaeotrauma) is the psychological wound, human beings, horses, and other animals sustain when their spirit is broken.
Also see Evolution and Psychology Research (just a bare-bones holding page at the time of writing, but one that outlines unconventional areas of interest).
An AI (artificial intelligence) image.