Ain't I a Woman?: Injustice Quotes

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Quote #4

Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman (19)!

Subjugating an entire gender based on one male figure—no matter how important—just isn't fair. It's also not terribly logical.

Quote #5

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. (24-25)

The actual reason to oppose suffrage wasn't that women were illogical or weak, but that the men power didn't want to see their established patterns upset by a massive increase in voters.