“Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilization than it is among savages. And the subjection is always reinforced by morality.”

—  Bertrand Russell

Source: 1930s, Power: A New Social Analysis (1938), Ch. 15: Power and moral codes

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