Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of 'women are inferior.'
The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do?
Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority.
The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.
I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.
Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior.
A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her.
The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.
As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men.
Man cannot degrade woman without himself falling into degradation; he cannot elevate her without at the same time elevating himself.