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?
Ernestine RoseRead
Blind submission in women is considered a virtue, while submission to wrong is itself wrong, and resistance to wrong is virtue alike in women as in man.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the moral imperative for both women and men to resist wrongdoing, challenging the notion that submission is a virtue.
Ernestine Rose asserts that blind submission, particularly in women, is often viewed positively, yet it is crucial to recognize that submitting to wrongdoing is inherently immoral. Both men and women share the same virtue of resisting wrongdoing, advocating for a moral stance that transcends gender, emphasizing the importance of integrity and ethical resistance.
Themes
SubmissionWrongdoingVirtueResistanceGender Equality
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in discussions about gender roles and ethics.
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All quotes →For here lies the corner stone of all the injustices done woman, the wrong idea from which all other wrongs proceed. She is not acknowledged as mistress of herself. For her cradle to her grave she is another's. We do indeed need and demand the other rights of which I have spoken, but let us first obtain OURSELVES.
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Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject?
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Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.
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It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes; and yet she will be woman still.
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All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life.
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