The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage
The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage
by Sir Almroth E Wright
19 Feb, 2019
IT has come to be believed that everything
that has a bearing upon the concession of the
suffrage to woman has already been brought
forward.
In reality, however, the influence of women
has caused man to leave unsaid many things
which
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IT has come to be believed that everything
that has a bearing upon the concession of the
suffrage to woman has already been brought
forward.
In reality, however, the influence of women
has caused man to leave unsaid many things
which he ought to have said.
Especially in two respects has woman re-
stricted the discussion.
She has placed her taboo upon all general-
isations about women, taking exception to
these on the threefold ground that there would
be no generalisations which would hold true of
all women; that generalisations when reached
possess no practical utility; and that the ele-
ment of sex does not leave upon women any
general imprint such as could properly be
brought up in connexion with the question of
admitting them to the electorate. Less