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To: GL of Sector 2814

I wouldn’t conflate the legal status of women with that of slaves in the colonies. There were good reasons for woman at the time to be treated differently under law. Men and women supported that disparity. There was no justification for slavery.


38 posted on 03/21/2010 8:46:13 AM PDT by Brugmansian
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To: Brugmansian
I wouldn’t conflate the legal status of women with that of slaves in the colonies. There were good reasons for woman at the time to be treated differently under law. Men and women supported that disparity. There was no justification for slavery.

While I'm not comparing the two directly, I find it hard to find a "good reason" to not allow women to vote or the right to own property once married.

49 posted on 03/21/2010 9:17:28 AM PDT by GL of Sector 2814 (Of course this is the best of all possible worlds. I'm in it!)
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