As someone who has spent some time doing genealogy research, I can tell you that the status of most women in America in the 1800's was not so different. A woman was the property of her father, then her husband. It is difficult to find parent information for a lot of American women, because once they were married, they had no rights, no property, and no name. It was either John Doe and wife, or Mrs. Doe. In most cases, a woman could not make money - and if she did earn money, they gave it to her husband. It was almost unthinkable for a woman in her 20's to turn down a suitor. She married him if her father told her to do so. Marriage wasn't about love, in the vast majority of cases. These women were in no better situation than the raped virgins forced to marry their rapist.
Women have been "property" for millennia. It's amazing to live in a world where most men know that women are human beings who deserve to be treated as almost-equals. -- At least, here in the USA. Most Muslim countries STILL think of women as property, and marry them off at the age of 8 -
Women have been "property" for millennia. It's amazing to live in a world where most men know that women are human beings who deserve to be treated as almost-equals. -- At least, here in the USA. Most Muslim countries STILL think of women as property, and marry them off at the age of 8 -
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
