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The '''Anti-Flirt Club''' was an American ] active in ], during the early 1920s.<ref>{{cite book|title=Peacemaking: Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future|chapter=Catcalls and Military Strategy|first=Sally J. |last=Scholz|editor1-last=Presler|editor1-first=Judith |editor2-last=Scholz|editor2-first=Sally J. |publisher=Rodopi|year= 2000|isbn=9042015624|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSZdx2xJoBwC&pg=PA255}}</ref> The purpose of the club was to protect young women and girls who ] from men in ]s and on street corners.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Driving Home | first = Gail | last = Ghai | journal = The Women's Review of Books | volume = 2 | issue = 12 | year = 1985 | page = 16 | publisher = Old City Publishing, Inc. | doi = 10.2307/4019732| jstor = 4019732 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= Amazons, Bluestockings and Crones: A Feminist Dictionary|first1= Cheris|last1= Kramarae|first2= Paula A.|last2= Treichler|first3= Ann|last3= Russo|publisher= Pandora|year= 1992|isbn= 0044408633|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/amazonsbluestock00kram}}</ref> The Anti-Flirt Club launched an "Anti-Flirt" week, which began on March 4, 1923.<ref>{{cite news|title=Washington girls have organized to protect selves from unwelcome advances|publisher=Lowell Sun|date=March 6, 1923|url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glpnews&search=washington%20girls%20have%20organized%20to%20protect%20selves%20from%20unwelcome%20advances%20here%20are%20some%20charter%20members%20of%20the%20club%20alice%20reighly%20president%20day%20instead&img=\\na0041\6803820\56392625_clean.html}}</ref>


The club had a series of rules, which were intended as sound and serious advice. These were:<!-- ABSURD SPELLING ERROR IS FROM WASHINGTON POST ARCHIVE PAGE --><ref>{{cite news|title=10 Girls Start War's on Auto Invitation|newspaper=Washington Post|date=March 28, 1923|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/193251682.html?dids=193251682:193251682&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+28%2C+1923&pub=The+Washington+Post&startpage=2|access-date=July 5, 2017|archive-date=October 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017165512/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/193251682.html?dids=193251682:193251682&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+28,+1923&pub=The+Washington+Post&startpage=2|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Alice Reighly''' (born circa 1900) was the founder of the ] ] formed in 1923. The purpose of the ] was to protect young women and girls who had received unwelcome attention from men in ]s and on street corners. The Anti-flirt Club was launched with an "Anti-flirt" week which began on March 4th, 1923.
The club had a series of rules, which were intended as sound and serious advice. These were:


#Don't flirt: those who flirt in haste oft repent in leisure. # Don't ]: those who flirt in haste often repent in leisure.
#Don't accept rides from flirting motorists - they don't invite you in to save you a walk. # Don't accept rides from flirting motorists—they don't invite you in to save you a walk.
#Don't use your eyes for ogling - they were made for worthier purposes. # Don't use your eyes for ogling—they were made for worthier purposes.
#Don't go out with men you don't know - they may be married, and you may be in for a ]. # Don't go out with men you don't know—they may be married, and you may be in for a ].
#Don't wink - a flutter of one eye may cause a tear in the other. # Don't wink—a flutter of one eye may cause a tear in the other.
#Don't smile at flirtatious strangers- save them for people you know. # Don't smile at flirtatious strangers—save them for people you know.
#Don't annex all the men you can get - by flirting with many you may lose out on the one. # Don't annex all the men you can get—by flirting with many, you may lose out on the one.
#Don't fall for the slick, dandified ] - the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a ]. # Don't fall for the slick, ] cake eater—the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a ].
#Don't let elderly men with an eye to a flirtation pat you on the shoulder and take a fatherly interest in you. Those are usually the kind who want to forget they are fathers. # Don't let elderly men with an eye to a flirtation pat you on the shoulder and take a fatherly interest in you. Those are usually the kind who want to forget they are fathers.
#Don't ignore the man you are sure of while you flirt with another. When you return to the first one you may find him gone. # Don't ignore the man you are sure of while you flirt with another. When you return to the first one you may find him gone.

An article in '']'' from February 28, 1923, titled "10 Girls Start War on Auto Invitation", laid out the problem: "Too many motorists are taking advantage of the precedent established during the war by offering to take young lady pedestrians in their cars, Miss Helen Brown, 639 Longfellow Street, declared yesterday." Brown, the secretary of the nascent Anti-Flirt club, warned that these men "don't all tender their invitations to save the girls a walk", and while there were "other varieties of flirts", motorists were the absolute worst.

Brown, along with the president—a Miss Alice Reighly of 1400 Harvard Street—made their plan of action known. On March 4, 1923, the first-ever Anti-Flirt Week (and only since) would commence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/02/stop-that-skirt-chaser-the-movement-to-outlaw-flirting-in-the-1920s/273068/|title=Stop That Skirt-Chaser! The Movement to Outlaw Flirting in the 1920s|last=Coe|first=Alexis|website=] |date=Feb 12, 2013|accessdate=23 April 2013}}</ref>

Other Anti-Flirt Clubs were started in New York, Chicago and other cities, but their focus was apparently on the "mashers" who went after women on the streets, succeeding in getting police to arrest some.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jezebel.com/anti-flirt-movement-once-put-street-harassers-in-the-cl-5983862|title='Anti-Flirt' Movement Once Put Street Harassers in the Clink|last=Beck|first=Laura|date=Feb 13, 2013|accessdate=21 July 2022}}</ref>

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== References == == References ==
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== External links ==
retrieved 25 October 2008(includes a photographic representation of Ms Reighly). * retrieved 25 October 2008
* – Ghosts of DC blog post about the club
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Latest revision as of 13:23, 2 September 2023

1920s American club
The Anti-Flirt Club. President Alice Reighly is posed at the head of the staircase.
President Alice Reighly

The Anti-Flirt Club was an American club active in Washington, D.C., during the early 1920s. The purpose of the club was to protect young women and girls who received unwelcome attention from men in automobiles and on street corners. The Anti-Flirt Club launched an "Anti-Flirt" week, which began on March 4, 1923.

The club had a series of rules, which were intended as sound and serious advice. These were:

  1. Don't flirt: those who flirt in haste often repent in leisure.
  2. Don't accept rides from flirting motorists—they don't invite you in to save you a walk.
  3. Don't use your eyes for ogling—they were made for worthier purposes.
  4. Don't go out with men you don't know—they may be married, and you may be in for a hair-pulling match.
  5. Don't wink—a flutter of one eye may cause a tear in the other.
  6. Don't smile at flirtatious strangers—save them for people you know.
  7. Don't annex all the men you can get—by flirting with many, you may lose out on the one.
  8. Don't fall for the slick, dandified cake eater—the unpolished gold of a real man is worth more than the gloss of a lounge lizard.
  9. Don't let elderly men with an eye to a flirtation pat you on the shoulder and take a fatherly interest in you. Those are usually the kind who want to forget they are fathers.
  10. Don't ignore the man you are sure of while you flirt with another. When you return to the first one you may find him gone.

An article in The Washington Post from February 28, 1923, titled "10 Girls Start War on Auto Invitation", laid out the problem: "Too many motorists are taking advantage of the precedent established during the war by offering to take young lady pedestrians in their cars, Miss Helen Brown, 639 Longfellow Street, declared yesterday." Brown, the secretary of the nascent Anti-Flirt club, warned that these men "don't all tender their invitations to save the girls a walk", and while there were "other varieties of flirts", motorists were the absolute worst.

Brown, along with the president—a Miss Alice Reighly of 1400 Harvard Street—made their plan of action known. On March 4, 1923, the first-ever Anti-Flirt Week (and only since) would commence.

Other Anti-Flirt Clubs were started in New York, Chicago and other cities, but their focus was apparently on the "mashers" who went after women on the streets, succeeding in getting police to arrest some.

See also

References

  1. Scholz, Sally J. (2000). "Catcalls and Military Strategy". In Presler, Judith; Scholz, Sally J. (eds.). Peacemaking: Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future. Rodopi. ISBN 9042015624.
  2. Ghai, Gail (1985). "Driving Home". The Women's Review of Books. 2 (12). Old City Publishing, Inc.: 16. doi:10.2307/4019732. JSTOR 4019732.
  3. Kramarae, Cheris; Treichler, Paula A.; Russo, Ann (1992). Amazons, Bluestockings and Crones: A Feminist Dictionary. Pandora. ISBN 0044408633.
  4. "Washington girls have organized to protect selves from unwelcome advances". Lowell Sun. March 6, 1923.
  5. "10 Girls Start War's on Auto Invitation". Washington Post. March 28, 1923. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  6. Coe, Alexis (Feb 12, 2013). "Stop That Skirt-Chaser! The Movement to Outlaw Flirting in the 1920s". The Atlantic. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. Beck, Laura (Feb 13, 2013). "'Anti-Flirt' Movement Once Put Street Harassers in the Clink". Retrieved 21 July 2022.

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