“This pre-eminence is something [men] have unjustly arrogated to themselves. And when it's said that women must be subject to men, the phrase should be understood in the same sense as when we say we are subject to natural disasters, diseases, and all the other accidents of this life: it's not a case of being subjected in the sense of obeying, but rather of suffering an imposition, not a case of serving them fearfully, but rather of tolerating them in a spirit of Christian charity, since they have been given to us by God as a spiritual trial.” MenShouldHas BeensSaidChristianSpiritualSpiritSufferingGivenNaturalCasesSubjectsDiseaseUnderstoodCharityAccidentsDisasterTrialsThis LifePhrasesServingObeyingNatural DisasterImpositionEminence Author:Moderata Fonte
“"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know how they've managed to make this law in their favor, or who exactly it was who gave them a greater license to sin than is allowed to us; and if the fault is common to both sexes (as they can hardly deny), why should the blame not be as well?” IfsThinkingKnowsMenShouldWellsSaidLawSpeakSexSinCommonTalkingKnow HowGreaterShameBlameFaultsIllDenyInequalityStereotypeNormFavourBoastLicense Author:Moderata Fonte
