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An Analysis Of 20th Century Fascism 121

As can be discerned from all that has been mentioned, the artistic talents
and scientific endeavor of people living under fascist regimes are ultimately
fruitless. On the other hand, however, a society which lives by true religion
sees great progress and development in the arts. Since religious people know
that the universe and all living things in it were created by God, they look at
everything around them with the intention of recognizing their beauty. They
see the art in God's creation and are in awe of it. They see people, animals,
plants and everything in nature as God's creations, and both love and
appreciate them, realizing their beauty and detail. In fact, the greatest works of
art in history arose out of inspiration artists have found in religious subjects.

Fascism's Hatred of Women

There is another little known but exceedingly important aspect of
fascism. It has an inimical attitude towards women, and sees them as inferior
to men.
This fact is recognizable in words and statements of 20th century fascist
leaders. For instance, Mussolini's statement to Maurice de Valeffe, a reporter
for the French publication Journal, on Nov. 12, 1922, openly belittled women:
There are those who say that I intend to limit the right to vote. No!
Every citizen will keep his right to vote for the Rome Parliament… Let
me also admit to you that I am not thinking of extending the vote to
women. There would be no point. My blood opposes all kinds of
feminism when it comes to women participating in state affairs.
Naturally a woman shouldn't be a slave, but if I conceded her the vote,
I'd be laughed at. In our state, she must not count. 57

During the serious economic crisis beginning in 1930, Mussolini
ordered that women should leave their places of work. Because he saw women
as "thieves who reach out to steal men's bread, and responsible for men's
unproductiveness." 58
The Duce's views on women are strikingly apparent in an interview he
granted the French journalist Hélène Gosset in 1932:
Women must submit… Even if they have an analytical power, they have
no synthetic one. Have they ever put up an architectural structure? I am
not talking about a temple: a woman could do no better than erecting a
hut. Women are strangers to architecture, the synthesis of all the arts:
and their destiny ends at this point. 59