"The male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle, of necessity, extends to all mankind."
Aristotle, 4 th Century B.C.E.
"Blessed art thou, O Lord our God and King of the Universe, that thou didst not create me a woman." Orthodox Jewish Prayer
The Hindu Code of Manu 1500 B.C.E.
"If you care for a son, you don't go easy on his studies, if you care for a daughter, you don't go easy on her footbinding." Chinese saying, Ts'ai-fei lu
"Men have authority over women because God has made one superior to the other."
The Koran, 650 C.E.
"I will greatly multiply thy sorrows and thy conceptions, in pain shalt thou bring forth children and thy desire shall be for thy husband and he shall have dominion over thee."
Genesis 3:16
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