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That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! (4-5)
Sojourner Truth repudiates the general male point of view. Women aren't weak…and Truth is a case in point. But she's also mentioning the fact that Black women aren't considered as feeble and delicate as white women: this is a case of racism heaped on top of sexism.