An idea from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

If women truly can’t reason, then be consistent. Let every father give his new son-in-law a whip on the wedding day, so he can rule his house like a master. But then women’s duties vanish along with their rights.

From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

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