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Title: [1818 Nov r 25 Parl Reform Bill]

Description: 1818 Nov r 25

Parl Reform Bill

Reasons

'.1. Seats and Districts

'.2. Electors Who

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Question 7. Between the interests of the whole male /female/ sex on the one part and the whole of the female sex on the other part is there that /does there exist a/ entire connection such, that by the male sex no injury could be done to the interest of the /aggregate of the/ female sex, without a real injury done to that of the male?

Answer. Such, as it seems, is the /a/ supposition generally entertained. Such at least is the only supposition by which the exclusion in question can be justified, unless it be supposed, that though by the exclusion an injury to a certain amount is done /produced/, yet the amount is not such as that the exclusion /prevention/ of it should be a good sufficient to compensate for the additional evil which would be produced in the shape of expense, vexation and delay, as above.

Upon experience and examination, should it ever appear /be established/ that an adequately strong conviction of interests has not place, and that for want of it, more evil is produced by injury done by the exclusion to the interests of the female sex than is [...?] for by the exclusion of the mass of Election evil abovementioned, the propensity of removing /abolishing/ this exclusion, and giving /according/ admission to the votes of females will have been established.

If in any other shape than as above, inconvenience[?] be really by the nature of the case, attached to admission given to the votes of females, it rests with him in whose opinion such additional inconvenience has existence /place/ to [...?] it and bring it distinctly to view.

JB_161_287.xml

Title: [1818 Jan 3 Not Paul III. Doctrine]

Description: 1818 Jan 3

Not Paul

III. Doctrine

Ch. Asceticism

§. 2. Females slighted

Upon a closer inspection it will be seen that from the eccentric propensity the

influence of the female sex has more to gain than to lose.

Rival compared with rival much more formidable to the wedded female is a person of

her own sex than any person of the opposite sex can ever be. The space in the field

of life to which the eccentric propensity commonly applies itself is extremely

limited /narrow/. In the days of imperial Rome, when all matters of this sort were

settled by established custom, and where a seraglio /harem/ of the male sex formed an

ordinary part of the establishment of a man of rank and opulence, no sooner had a

member of such a fraternity /an establishment/ passed his twentieth year that he

passed into a particular class distinguished by a special appellative exoletus superannuated he was put upon the superannuated list.

Thus ephemeral were the attractions of the male in the eyes of the male: whereas in

these same eyes the duration of those of the female has as every one knows no bounds.

It is in the place of the venal female only and not in the place of her of whose

charms possession is not to be obtained on any other terms than those of a union made

permanent by law that those of the male venal or not venal were ever seen to

occupy.

JB_160_082.xml

Title: [1822 May 13 Q. Does not the consideration]

Description: 1822 May 13

Q. Does not the consideration derived from custom present a

sufficient reason for the exclusion here in question

A. Certainly not: for the times in which custom had its commencement

were times of barbarian immaturity, inferior to the present in all points bearing

relation to government. Forms of Governments in general, and the feudal Government

/form/ in particular had their origin in war and conquest In war necessity gave the

command of all to a single chief; in peace, which in those days was never free from

apprehensions of war, habit and providence /prudence/ concurred in keeping it in the

same hands. The female sex at all ages less fit for war than the male, is during the

time of fertility rendered in a more particular degree unfit by the weaknesses

attached to gestation and parturition and lactation.

When monarchical despotism received for the first time its mitigation

from a sort of humble and servile democracy operating by delegation, it was because

the continually experienced impossibility of extracting money time enough from

unwilling contributors drove them into the practice of trying to extract it from

willing ones, who thereupon received /were raised/ a certain degree of importance,

and in return for money to receive a certain degree of effective power disguised

under the appearance of humble influence. These male slaves, heads of the several

families possessed in small measure /quantity/ /degree/ of appropriate aptitude,

their female slaves, their female relatives, none. To the males of the /each/ family

the fatigue and perils of journeys to and from the seat of husbandry and traffic to

the seat of power were endurable, to the females not. /unendurable./ From an /a

delegated/ assembly composed of males and females promiscuously nothing but confusion

and ridicule could have ensued. Thus it was that political power in all its forms and

degrees came to be engrossed by the males.