Question

This excerpt deals with opponents of suffrage who claim that because women have always been treated badly, they should accept this treatment as normal. Which answer best describes this argument?

It is a weak argument: It has little to do with votes for women.

It is a strong argument: It clearly explains the superiority of men.

It is a strong argument: It uses the past to justify making no changes.

It is a weak argument: It suggests that no one's life should ever improve.

Answer 1

History of Woman Suffrage
Excerpt from the Introduction
Edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joselyn Gage

It is often asserted that as woman has always been man's slave—subject—inferior—dependent, under all forms of government and religion, slavery must be her normal condition. This might have some weight had not the vast majority of men also been enslaved for centuries to kings and popes, and orders of nobility, who, in the progress of civilization, have reached complete equality.

Answer 2

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