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He has made her, morally, an irresponsible being, as she can commit many crimes with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband. In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master–the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement.
160 years after Seneca Falls: how are we doing? : Reclusive Leftist
“Injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman” from the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments