Thou sayest, ‘Heaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of either.’ This is an assertion without proof.
Grimké challenges the notion of inherent gender superiority, demanding evidence for such claims.
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