“Nor does it impose silence on this sex which does not deserve to be despised.”

—  François-Noël Babeuf

N'impose pas non plus silence à ce sexe qui ne mérite pas qu'on le méprise.
[in Gracchus Babeuf avec les Egaux, Jean-Marc Shiappa, Les éditions ouvrières, 1991, 44, 27082 2892-7]
On women

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N'impose pas non plus silence à ce sexe qui ne mérite pas qu'on le méprise.

Sur la femme

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