and indeed, if we consider marriage as a thing merely spiritual, and as relating only to the things of another life, the violation is in both cases the same, but the political and civil laws of almost all nations have, with reason, made a distinction between them. They have required from the women a degree of reserve and continency, which they have not exacted from the men; because in women, a violation of chastity supposes a renunciation of all virtue;
eta hain zuzen, ezkontza ideia espiritual hutsen argitan eta beste bizitzako gauzei dagokienean baizik ez ikustera, lege-haustura berbera da. Baina ia herri guztien lege politikoek eta zibilek bereizi egin dituzte, arrazoiz, bi gauza horiek. Emakumeei gizonezkoei eskatzen ez zaien eratasun-eta kontinentzi maila eskatu diete, lotsaren hausketak bertute guztiak ukatzea esan nahi duelako emakumeengan;