The Bible teaches that woman brought sin and death into the world, that she precipitated the fall of the race, that she was arraigned before the judgment seat of Heaven, tried, condemned, and sentenced. Marriage for her was to be a condition of bondage, maternity a period of suffering and anguish, and in silence and subjection, she was to play the role of a dependant on man’s bounty for all her material wants, and for all the information she might desire. … Here is the Bible position of woman briefly summed up.
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| — | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Woman’s Bible |
Britta: [quickly throws together an incredibly detailed floral arrangement]
Annie: [surprise] Britta, that’s a really beautiful arrangement.
Britta: Yeah, well, great! Flowers look good in a pot…There are people dying in Uganda.
