The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 94 pages of information about The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage.

The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 94 pages of information about The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage.

II

ARGUMENTS FROM INTELLECTUAL GRIEVANCES OF WOMAN

Complaint of Want of Chivalry—­Complaint of “Insults”—­Complaint of
“Illogicalties”—­Complaint of “Prejudices”—­The Familiar Suffragist
Grievance of the Drunkard Voter and the Woman of Property Who is a
Non-Voter—­The Grievance of Woman being Required to Obey Man-Made
Laws.

III

Arguments which take the form ofCounsels of perfectionAddressed to
man

Argument that Woman Requires a Vote for her Protection—­Argument that
Woman ought to be Invested with the Responsibilities of Voting in
Order that She May Attain Her Full Intellectual Stature.

PART II

Arguments against the concession of the parliamentary suffrage to
woman

I

WOMAN’S DISABILITY IN THE MATTER OF PHYSICAL FORCE

International Position of State would be Imperilled by Woman’s Suffrage—­Internal Equilibrium of State would be Imperilled.

II

WOMAN’S DISABILITY IN THE MATTER OF INTELLECT

Characteristics of the Feminine Mind—­Suffragist Illusions with Regard to the Equality of Man and Woman as Workers—­Prospect for the Intellectual Future of Woman—­Has Woman Advanced ?

III

WOMAN’S DISABILITY IN THE MATTER OF PUBLIC MORALITY

Standards by which Morality can be Appraised—­Conflict between Different Moralities—­The Correct Standard of Morality—­Moral Psychology of Man and Woman—­Difference between Man and Woman in Matters of Public Morality.

IV

MENTAL OUTLOOK AND PROGRAMME OF THE FEMALE LEGISLATIVE REFORMER

V

ULTERIOR ENDS WHICH THE WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT HAS IN VIEW

PART III

Is there, if the suffrage is barred, any palliative or corrective for
the discontents of woman?

I

PALLIATIVES OR CORRECTIVES FOR THE DISCONTENT OF WOMAN

What are the Suffragist’s Grievances?—­Economic and Physiological
Difficulties of Woman—­Intellectual Grievances of Suffragist and
Corrective.

APPENDIX

LETTER ON MILITANT HYSTERIA

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