THE TRUTH ABOUT MARRIAGE
to bring such a situation about. Men would never have given women their natural rights if it had depended on them. So I say hurrah for the women who have secured the rights of women.
Actually the Christian religion has brought about both the freedom of the slave and of womankind. It took a long time to do it, but the Bible showed a few men, who by the way were not slave-owners, the brutality of slavery, and the Bible showed women that they were not to continue as playthings of men, their servants, nor their slaves. The Christian religion has given dignity to womanhood, and compelled the respect of men.
So I hail the freedom of womankind with joy because of what it means not only to the happiness and welfare of women, but of the men as well.
If a man marries a girl or a woman that he considers in any way inferior to him, or one that he can easily take advantage of, he is almost sure to take advantage of her. So I would advise the men folks, for their own happiness, not to marry a woman that they consider inferior. A man must respect the woman that he marries and treat her with respect.
Of course, some men treat all human beings well, whether they are men or women, whether they are rich or poor, learned or unlearned; but they do it because of high principles within themselves.
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